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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 Good Idea, Economy / Investment & Personal Finance, Children, Families

Goal: The goal of It's a Habit, Sammy Rabbit! is to teach financial literacy and other life skills and habits to young children.

Filed under Good Idea, Community / Social Environment, Children, Teens, Adults, Families, Urban

Goal: The Janice Mirikitani Family, Youth and Childcare Center provides award winning childcare, after-school programs, and parenting resources to low-income and homeless families.

Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Investment & Personal Finance, Children

Goal: The IDA program is designed to help young people enter the financial mainstream, gain financial stability and build assets.

Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Transportation, Families

Goal: The goal of this program is to assist low-income households in obtaining a personal vehicle.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Adults, Older Adults

Goal: To reduce death from heart disease among their members in Northern California.

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

Goal: The goal of KC CAMP is to improve asthma care through provider and patient education.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Rural

Goal: The goal of the Clinic is to provide health services for uninsured and underinsured families and individuals.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Teens, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban

Goal: The goal of Keep It Up is to provide health screening and preventative care to Black men to promote HIV prevention and other health problems.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Families

Goal: The goal of Kids Get Care was to ensure that children, regardless of insurance status, received integrated preventive physical, oral, and developmental health services.

Filed under Good Idea, Community / Social Environment, Children, Teens, Urban

Goal: The goal of Kids' Place is to provide a safe after-school learning enironmental for chidren that is available and affordable to local families.