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, Education / Literacy, Children, Families
Goal: The program's overall goal is to support parents in their role as their child's first teacher by providing parents with literacy training and children with early development skill building, including language skills.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Social Environment, Families
Goal: The purpose of the Horizon Communities in Prison program is to build links between the faith community and correctional institutions in order to affect an inner transformation of inmates and prepare them to live with others in mutual support, trust and respect.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes, Adults, Urban
Goal: The goal was to create a housing program as one way to respond to chronic homelessness and associated health concerns.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes, Families
Goal: The goal of Housing First is to move families into stable and affordable housing.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Goal: The goal of this program is to reduce blood pressure among African American men.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children
Goal: The goals of the I Am Moving, I Am Learning program is to prevent childhood obesity by (1) increasing the quantity of time children spend in moderate to vigorous physical activity; (2) improving the quality of structured movement activities in the classroom; and (3) promoting healthy food choices among Head Start children.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Public Safety, Adults
Goal: The goal of the Ignition Interlock program is to reduce drunk driving among alcohol traffic offenders.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Oral Health, Children
Goal: The goal of the Illinois Dental Sealant Grant Program is to provide grant funds and technical assistance to public health service providers to develop and implement school-based dental sealant programs.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes, Children, Teens, Adults, Urban
Goal: The goal of the Illumination Foundation is to bridge the gaps in existing services for the most underserved to break or prevent the cycle of homelessness in Orange County.
Filed under Good Idea, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children
Goal: The goal of this program is to promote children's imagination, and to nurture children's aspirations and dreams for the future.