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.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
The goal of these projects is to conserve energy and to reduce energy costs.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
The goal of this project was to provide a safe fresh-water supply in an efficient manner.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
OCWD's goals in 2001 were to reduce energy load, save money and preserve/extend equipment life. Its projects targeted power use in buildings' electrical/lighting systems; chemical and energy management issues concerning the plant treatment process and HVAC systems; and energy use by employees and ultimately customers.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
The goal of these projects was to promote water and energy conservation.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants, Rural
The goal of this project was to reduce electricity usage by 10-20 percent.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability, Urban
The goal of this project was to reduce energy usage at the San Francisco Civic Center.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability, Urban
Specific goals included:
-Continue to support SCVWD's mission of water supply and management in spite of external power interruptions,
- Provide 24-hour battery backup for SCADA instrumentation and communications,
-Provide indefinite power backup via backup generators for critical source pumping, water treatment and emergency operations, and
- Reduce HVAC and lighting use to prudent levels.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes, Adults, Families
The goal of the HOPWA program is to help families pay housing expenses so that they are not displaced due to costs and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Children
The overall objective of the program is to reduce student absence due to communicable illness.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Education / Literacy, Children, Urban
The goal of HELPS Programs is to strengthen students’ reading fluency so they will be better able to focus on and improve other important reading skills, including comprehension.
HELPS is a supplemental curriculum that improves students reading fluency, a commonly neglected aspect of children's core reading curriculum, in order to help them become successful readers.