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, Older Adults
Goal: The goal of Parenting the Second Time Around (PASTA) is to train facilitators to lead workshops on childcare for grandparent/caregiver relatives.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Social Environment, Families
Goal: The goals of the program included helping unemployed, noncustodial parents (primarily fathers) to secure employment, pay child support, and participate more fully and responsibly as parents.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Children, Urban
Goal: The goal of this partnership is to provide a healthy breakfast to low-income students to help them perform better in school.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Adults
Goal: The goal of this program is to improve access to health care for uninsured and underinsured adults.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Literacy, Children
Goal: The goal of this program is to improve reading skills for beginner readers.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults
Goal: The project seeks to model how the aging network in partnership with a managed care plan can improve the health outcomes for older adults.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Teens, Adults
Goal: The mission of the Partnership for a Tobacco-Free Maine is to reduce death and disability due to tobacco use.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Urban
Goal: The goal of Peacekeepers is to prevent violence among youth in the Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Public Safety, Children, Teens, Adults, Older Adults, Families, Urban
Goal: The purpose of PedFlag is to reduce the number of pedestrian injuries and deaths by increasing the visibility of pedestrians to cars.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children
Goal: The goal of PALS is to ensure that all students succeed in reading and math.