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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, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children, Families

Goal: The program's mission is to help prepare children of migrant workers in California to be successful in school.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Racial/Ethnic Minorities

Goal: The goals of the program are to improve the health of recent immigrant families by training native speakers from different countries to help enroll members of their communities in various publicly funded health programs.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Food Safety, Children, Teens

Goal: The goal of the National Coalition for Food-Safe Schools is to reduce foodborne illness in the U.S. by improving food safety in schools.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Racial/Ethnic Minorities

Goal: To create successful smoke-free strategies that are rooted in cultural tradition.

Impact: By recognizing the cultural traditions of sacred tobacco use, an inter-tribal coalition was successful in implementing culturally appropriate tobacco protections for tribal members.

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

Goal: The goal of the Neighborhood Health Clinic is to provide medical care to low-income, uninsured, working adults.

Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Economic Climate, Urban

Goal: The goal of this program is to promote investments in underserved urban neighborhoods.

Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes

Goal: The goal of this law is to reduce abusive lending practices.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Rural

Goal: The goal of the North Carolina Breast Cancer Screening Program is to increase breast cancer screening among older African American women.

Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Investment & Personal Finance, Children, Teens

Goal: The Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative is a national foundation whose mission is to help youth in foster care make successful transitions to adulthood.

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

Goal: The goal of Parent Voices is to improve access to child care for all families through advocacy.