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, Economy / Housing & Homes
Rebuilding Together's mission is to bring volunteers and communities together for the improvement of the homes and lives of low-income homeowners.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use
To equip people with the best information, resources, and tools to overcome addiction and lead a lifelong recovery.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults
Remembering When was developed to prevent deaths and injuries from fires and falls among older adults.
Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Housing & Homes
The Omaha Housing Authority's goal is to provide quality housing for those who receive assistance through rental and homeownership programs.
Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Employment, Adults, Urban
To empower people to achieve greater personal, social and economic success.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Respiratory Diseases
Respiratory Health Association's mission is to promote healthy lungs and fight lung disease through research, advocacy and education.
Respiratory Health Association provides ongoing education, research funding, and advocacy for respiratory health. The program also partners with organizations that work with underserved populations to reduce tobacco use.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / School Environment, Children
The approach was developed with the goals of increasing student investment, responsibility, and learning and decreasing problem behaviors.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
The Rhode Island process builds on a recent agreement among all the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers to reduce greenhouse gases in the region to 1990 levels by 2010, 10% below those levels in 2020, and by as much as 75% over the longer-term.
Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Housing & Homes
The Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley is commited to improve the quality of life in the Lehigh Valley by building a community in which all people have access to economic opportunities, the ability to pursue those opportunities, and a voice in the decisions that affect their lives.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Teens
The goal of Ripple Effects is to use technology to prevent social injury and promote school and life success for children and teenagers.