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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 / Physical Activity, Children, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities

Goal: Change The Future WV emphasizes improving access to healthy food options and safe environments for physical activity to create healthier communities in the Mid-Ohio Valley.

Impact: Change The Future WV has launched multiple community and school-based interventions to improve dietary behaviors and physical fitness in the Mid-Ohio Valley.

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

Goal: The Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority (YFA) mission is to create a community collaborative to bring about change in the policies, procedures and funding patterns of community institutions needed to enable the youth of the community to become productive, economically self-sustaining adults.

Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes

Goal: The goal of this program is to provide fit and livable housing for all citizens of Chattanooga.

Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children, Urban

Goal: The goal of this program is to provide comprehensive educational support and family support to economically disadvantaged children and their parents.

Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Employment, Families, Urban

Goal: The mission of Chicago Commons is to help individuals, families and communities to overcome poverty, discrimination and isolation.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults, Urban

Goal: The overall program goal is the maintenance of a physically active lifestyle, in order to optimize one's functional capacity and ability to perform daily activities. In order to achieve this goal, the following impact objectives were established:

- Enhance enjoyment and participation in a variety of physical activities
- Develop and enhance the skills, knowledge, and self-efficacy needed to
establish and maintain an active lifestyle
- Ensure the affordability and accessibility of the program

Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Public Safety, Children

Goal: The goal of this program is to increase booster seat use among children aged 4 to 8 years.

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

Goal: The goal of this program is to ensure the health and safety of children attending day care facilities and the staff who care for them.

Filed under Good Idea, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Children, Urban

Goal: The goal of the Child Safety Awareness Program is to provide children with information and skills to help them deal with dangerous and abusive situations.

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

Goal: Children's Futures' mission is to improve child health and developmental outcomes through public-private collaboration.