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, Teens, Adults, Urban
Goal: Walk the Talk nurtures community involvement and leadership in individuals.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Public Safety, Older Adults
Goal: To build community support for and awareness of senior-pedestrian safety issues.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Transportation, Children
Goal: The goals of the Walking School Bus are to get children to be more physically active and to decrease crime on the way to and from schools.
Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Government Assistance, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Goal: The goal of this program is to ensure that Washington's Social and Health Services are available and accessible to all Washington residents.
Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Government Assistance
Goal: The goal of this program is to help individuals move toward self-sufficiency.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Families
Goal: Water First aims to reduce the sugary beverage intake and increase water intake in tweens through an educational website for tweens and their parents, and promotion in the community.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Children, Families, Urban
Goal: The goal of the program is to improve access to fresh drinking water as a calorie-free beverage option in select NYC school cafeterias at lunchtime.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Governance, Adults
Goal: The goal of this policy is to protect residents from second-hand smoke, encourage smoking cessation and raise public awareness about tobacco issues.
Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Government Assistance
Goal: The goal of this program is to address the lack of stable, affordable housing available to families attempting to transition from welfare to self-sufficiency.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality
Goal: The Wellness Curriculum was developed 1) to address the racial/ethnic disparities in health outcomes and 2) to fill the need for information that the inmates themselves expressed.