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, Education / Literacy, Adults
Vision Literacy aims to empower adults by improving reading, writing, basic math, and computer skills.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Transportation, Older Adults
The Beverly Foundation's mission is to foster new ideas and options to enhance mobility and transportation for today's and tomorrow's older population.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Adults, Families
To help Texans establish the habit of regular physical activity as a way to reduce excess body weight.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Transportation, Children
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
The goal of this program is to help individuals move toward self-sufficiency.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
The goal of WasteWise is to encourage and assist companies and organizations in the United States to reduce waste.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use
The goals of Weed and Seed are to control violent crime, drug trafficking, and drug-related crime and provide a safe environment where residents can live, work, and raise their families.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Urban
The goal of this program is to create a regional approach to emerging infection based on public education, environmental monitoring, and disease surveillance.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Social Environment, Children
The goal of this program is to help students learn to identify and report sexual abuse.