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, Health / Children's Health, Children
The goal of the Community Dental Facilitator Project is to facilitate access to oral health services among low income, urban children.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Public Safety, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The mission of the program is to develop cultural understanding and to forge relationships between police officers and citizens of Austin in order to provide better community service.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Older Adults
The goal of this program is to encourage weight bearing exercise among seniors and individuals at risk of or suffering with osteoporosis.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Civic Engagement
The goal of this program is to foster cultural understanding among the communities of West Palm Beach.
The Developmentally Supportive Care: Newborn Individualized Developmental Care & Assessment Program (Boston, MA)
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health, Children, Families
The goal of NIDCAP is to maximize physical, mental, and emotional growth, health, and other positive outcomes for infants in NICUs.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Adults, Families, Urban
To achieve an improved physical environment, sense of community, and quality of life for members, residents and patrons of the Fenway Cultural District in Boston, Massachusetts.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens, Adults, Urban
The Food Trust's mission is to ensure that everyone have access to affordable, nutritious food by providing nutrition education and greater availability of affordable, healthy food.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Adults, Urban
The mission of The Fortune Society is to support successful reentry form prison and promote alternatives to incarceration, thus strengthening the fabric of our communities.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens, Adults, Older Adults, Urban
The goal of the Green Cart Initiative is to improve healthy food options for residents of New York.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Air
The goal of this program is to help suppliers continuously learn ways to save money, optimize resource use, and eliminate waste through on-site technical reviews.