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 Good Idea, Economy / Employment, Adults
Goal: The goal of Career Gear is to provide appropriate business clothing for job seekers and to promote job-retention and career advancement.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Teens, Adults, Urban
Goal: The goal of the program is to provide at-risk youth with mentorship and employment skills.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Children, Families, Rural
Goal: The mission of the Caring Bear Picnic is to educate children and parents on how to live healthy lifestyles through hands-on activities.
Impact: For over 30 years, the Caring Bear Picnic has educated children and parents on how to live healthy lifestyles through hands-on activities.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders, Children, Teens, Urban
Goal: The goal of Caring for Kids is to provide youth impacted by a loved one's substance use with the tools they need to stay safe and build a healthy life, and to reduce the likelihood that impacted youth will abuse substances.
Impact: In 2013, more than 250 youth were impacted by Caring for Kids. 90% of youth participants showed a decreased likelihood of alcohol or other drug use, and 100% completed an action plan.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children
Goal: The goal of this program is to improve the academic performance and cognitive development of young children who are considered at risk for developmental delays and school failure.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
Goal: CARE's goal is to increase the amount of recycling and reuse of post-consumer carpet, and reduce the amount of carpet going to landfills.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Children
Goal: CASASTART's primary goals are (1) to provide youths with the services and support they need to become productive, law-abiding citizens; and (2) to create a safer environment for adolescents and their families through the reduction of crime and illegal drugs in their neighborhoods.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Adolescent Health, Teens, Urban
Goal: To meet the housing needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth ages 18-24.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Transportation, Adults, Urban
Goal: The goal of Casual Carpool is to match commuters in order to reduce traffic congestion and to save money for both drivers and passengers by avoiding public transit fees and bridge tolls.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Respiratory Diseases, Children, Teens, Adults, Families
Goal: The goal of the Hawaii Catch-A-Roach Project is to reduce preventable asthma complications and emergency room visits and hospitalizations by increasing awareness of the link between cockroaches and asthma and reducing exposure to cockroaches.