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 / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of the program is to decrease African American infant mortality through raising awareness of racial health disparities, encouraging safe and healthy lifestyle practices, and providing correct perinatal health education.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Transportation
The goal of this program is to provide affordable, reliable, and flexible transportation to low-income residents of Burlington.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Urban
Compassionate Healthcare seeks to provide affordable, accessible, and quality healthcare to the homeless and poor, offering a full range of traditional health care services, as well as HIV/AIDS, diabetes, mental health, substance abuse, and non-Western medicine services.
Filed under Good Idea, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Adults
The program's mission is to improve the quality of early learning programs by focusing on increasing the quality, effectiveness, and retention of early educators.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Rural
The goal of the Comprehensive Diabetes – Lower Extremities Amputation Prevention initiative is to improve foot care and reduce lower extremity amputations among people with diabetes.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Children, Urban
The goal of this program is to reduce gang violence.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Adults, Urban
The goal of CHANCE is to facilitate a connection between mental health services and homeless individuals.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Cancer, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of this program is to use peer communication to improve access to potentially lifesaving early detection services.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Employment, Children
The goal of this program is to give students the academic, technical/technological and employability skills necessary to compete in higher education and high performance workplaces.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Employment
The purpose of the Career Connections Employment Resource Institute is to expand employment opportunities for persons with mental illness.