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, Economy / Housing & Homes, Families
Goal: The goal of this program is to provide housing help and supportive services to low- income families transitioning to self-reliance.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Disabilities, Children, Teens, Adults, Older Adults, Urban
Goal: Humanim's mission is to identify those in greatest need and provide uncompromising human services.
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 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.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Built Environment, Children
Goal: The goal of the In Our Own Back Yard program is to cultivate connection to, comfort in, and informed appreciation of the outdoors among participants.
Increased Medicaid Reimbursements to Enhance Breast/Cervical Cancer Screening Project (Leon County, FL)
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Women's Health, Women
Goal: The goal of this program is to increase breast and cervical cancer screening among medically underserved women.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Adults, Urban
Goal: The goal of this program is to increase access to colorectal cancer screening by improving the efficiency in health care clinics.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Wildlife, Rural
Goal: The goal of this program is to provide greater wildlife habitat value on agricultural lands without significantly affecting crop production.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults
Goal: The mission of this program is to provide a community-based, and community supported, economically viable and consumer-oriented, quality transportation service for seniors.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Investment & Personal Finance, Families
Goal: The goal of this program was to demonstrate the effectiveness of individual development accounts.