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 Good Idea, Community / Social Environment, Teens
FirstPlace for Youth seeks to fill the gap in services available to youth transitioning out of the foster care system to independent living.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
Napa's goal was to save up to 15 percent in electricity usage in 2001.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
The goal of this project was to provide a safe fresh-water supply in an efficient manner.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Children
The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation arranges health care coverage for Florida's uninsured children. They develop and implement solutions, making quality a priority at every step in the process. They strive to instill a sense of security among the families of those they serve.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens, Adults, Older Adults, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Food Day seeks to bring together Americans from all walks of life to push for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Air, Children, Adults
The goal of the Georgia Retrofit Program is to improve air quality by reducing emissions among diesel fueled fleet vehicles.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Teens
The goal of the Get Real About AIDS program is to help prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, and AIDS among high-school-aged young people.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Transportation, Teens
The curriculum is designed to build upon a young person's capacity for critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making and other life skills essential for a systematic approach to addressing issues of community sustainability. More specifically, they chose transport as a lens through which a community's environment, culture, and value systems are examined.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Prevention & Safety, Children, Teens, Adults
To decrease the number of children hit by motor vehicles in school zones and crosswalks.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Public Safety
The goal of this legislation is to build a safe and connected transportation systems to serve pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, elderly and disabled residents. This legislation aims to reduce pedestrian and cyclist fatalities.