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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.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Rural

Goal: The goal of this program is to improve immunization rates in Madera County.

Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Employment

Goal: Pioneer's mission is to improve the lives of people on the margins of society through and integrated array of services including housing, employment/training, treatment, counseling, and corrections.

Filed under Good Idea, Art & Recreation / Sports Recreation & Parks, Children

Goal: Play Across Boston strives to address disparities in access to physical activity facilities and programs for inner-city youths of Boston.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban

Goal: To promote physical activity and healthy eating in resource-poor neighborhoods.

Filed under Good Idea, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children

Goal: To create confident, literate students equipped with a variety of tools for written, verbal, and artistic expression and to improve the relevance and effectiveness of in-school learning.

Filed under Effective Practice, Education / School Environment, Children

Goal: The mission of Playworks is to improve the health and well-being of children by increasing opportunities for physical activity and safe, meaningful play.

Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention

Goal: The goal of this program is to encourage police officers to reside in low-income neighborhoods in order to reduce criminal activity.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Teens, Adults, Women, Men, Urban

Goal: The goal of Popular Opinion Leader is to reach as many people as possible in order to successfully and dramatically reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Filed under Good Idea, Community / Civic Engagement, Adults, Urban

Goal: The mission of the Portland Fruit Tree Project is to increase equitable access to healthy food and strengthen communities by empowering neighbors to share in the harvest and care of city-grown food resources.