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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, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants, Urban

Goal: The goals of the program include both ecological waste management and job creation.

Note: This practice has been Archived.

Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children

Goal: The Communities and Schools for Career Success (CS2) partnership's goal is to increase academic achievement, civic engagement, and career awareness by reshaping the relationships between schools and the community.

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Filed under Good Idea, Community / Civic Engagement, Rural

Goal: The primary goal of the CBIG initiative is two-fold: to systematically change the way young people and adults in our community perceive conflict and how they respond to and resolve disputes.

Note: This practice has been Archived.

Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes

Goal: Fannie Mae is committed to helping more people achieve the American Dream and to expanding minority homeownership.

Note: This practice has been Archived.

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

Goal: The goal of this program is to improve patient's knowledge about heart failure.

Note: This practice has been Archived.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Children

Goal: The goal of this program is to improve asthma management among urban children up to 18 years of age.

Note: This practice has been Archived.

Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability, Children, Teens, Urban

Goal: Cool Schools aims to reduce energy consumption, improve air quality, teach children about the environment, create greener spaces for children to learn and play, and provide career development assistance to young adults.

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Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Rural

Goal: CYFAR New Communities Project's goal is to bridge the digital divide and offer under served youth in low-income communities experiential learning activities that develop workforce preparation skills.

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Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Poverty, Racial/Ethnic Minorities

Goal: A core objective of the career ladder model is to ensure that low-income participants progress beyond the paraprofessional level. The goal is to aid welfare recipients to move from welfare to the paraprofessional level, then on to a career.

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Filed under Good Idea, Health / Food Safety

Goal: The goal of this program is to provide more dynamic and effective food safety training programs in order to engage food service workers and get them to adopt healthier food handling practices. In turn, this will reduce the number of food borne disease outbreaks and improve public health.