Promising Practices
The Promising Practices database informs professionals and community members about documented approaches to improving community health and quality of life.
The ultimate goal is to support the systematic adoption, implementation, and evaluation of successful programs, practices, and policy changes. The database provides carefully reviewed, documented, and ranked practices that range from good ideas to evidence-based practices.
Learn more about the ranking methodology.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health
The goal of the IAQ TfS program is to provide schools with easy ways to improve air quality in classrooms.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Children, Teens
The goal of this program is to prevent recidivism among juvenile offenders placed on probation for known gang-related behavior or substance abuse offenses.
Filed under Good Idea, Education / Educational Attainment, Children
The purpose of the Interlocal Association's (IA) Youth with Disabilities Project was to support demonstration projects to help Workforce Investment Act (WIA)-assisted youth programs develop the capacity to serve youth with disabilities. Although youth with disabilities had been served under previous employment and training programs during the latter years of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), with the implementation of WIA, services such as work experience, summer employment, and others decreased substantially. IA looked to expand and enhance the quality of services to youth with disabilities.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes, Children, Adults, Families, Urban
Isles' mission is to foster more self-reliant families in healthy, sustainable communities.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens, Adults, Families
The goal of iWalk is to encourage and support regular walking and exercise among Sonoma county residents.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Transportation, Children, Adults, Families, Urban
The goal of the bridge project was to improve safety for pedestrians and address automobile traffic congestion on the Lamar Boulevard Bridge.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Wellness & Lifestyle
The goal of this program is to create a connection to nature, gardening and hiking for the Kalihi valley's urban residents.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes, Rural
The goal of this program is to provide safe and affordable low-income housing in Clay and Jackson Counties.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Other Conditions
The goals of the KIP Program are to instill in the inmate community the knowledge and power to make healthy decisions and try to incorporate risk and harm reduction ideas into inmate lifestyles.
Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Economic Climate
The goal of the restoration of La Posada Hotel was to preserve and restore the hotel as a historic landmark, and to reinvigorate the economy of Winslow, Arizona.