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, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults
Goal: The goal of the program is to provide seniors a form of movement that will enhance their confidence and balance in daily activities.
Filed under Effective Practice, Art & Recreation / Sports Recreation & Parks, Urban
Goal: The goal of this program is to provide positive recreational, cultural, and educational activities for young people and adults in New York neighborhoods.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Social Environment, Urban
Goal: The goal of TALK Line is to provide a safe, respectful, and comfortable place where parents and caregivers are supported.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Employment
Goal: The goal of this program is to help high-risk youth develop marketable skills and to instill in students the values of dignity, responsibility and community.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Goal: The goal of this program is to reduce rates of TB among foreign-born populations and to increase rates of treatment for latent TB infection.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
Goal: The goal of this program is to prevent the spread of tuberculosis among the homeless population.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Goal: To partner with local Mexican taqueria restaurants to promote healthy food options
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Women
Goal: The goals of the Library plan are to promote early literacy, parent/child bonding, and breastfeeding education in the community.
Teaching Alternative High School Students Computer Skills through Experiential Learning (Tonasket, WA)
Filed under Good Idea, Education / Student Performance K-12, Teens
Goal: The goal was to engage students in learning how to use and fix computers so they would be competitve in the job market following school.
Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Poverty, Rural
Goal: The goal of the program is to help clients reach self-sufficiency through life-skills and nutritional education.