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.
Learn more about the ranking methodology.
Among other improvements, the 4-year graduation rate for Menominee Indian High School increased from less than 60% in 2008 to 92% for the 2015-16 school year.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Disabilities, Children, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of BORP’s Minority Outreach Program is to make recreational activities more accessible to disabled minority or immigrant individuals.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
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 Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes
The goal of this investigation was to stop Ameriquest's predatory lending practices.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
To create successful smoke-free strategies that are rooted in cultural tradition.
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, Economy / Economic Climate, Urban
The goal of this program is to promote investments in underserved urban neighborhoods.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Investment & Personal Finance
The goal of the program is to increase access to financial services for low-income families as well as stimulate economic development in distressed neighborhoods.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens, Families, Urban
The goal of the program is to assist students in establishing physical activity as part of their daily lives.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Teens
The goal of the Open Airways for Schools intervention is to improve asthma control among children in Latino communities in Chicago.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Social Environment, Families
The goal of this program is to foster positive family relationships.