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, Adults, Rural
Goal: The goal of the Rural Energy for America Program is to increase clean energy production, efficiency savings, economic activity, and new jobs in rural areas.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults
Goal: The goal of the Senior FarmShare program is to provide local farms with income and low-income seniors with food assistance.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults
Goal: The goal of Serving Our Seniors is to help senior citizens live independently in their homes.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Built Environment, Urban
Goal: The goal of Sustainable Rain is to create opportunities for businesses to lead a tangible sustainable landscape project, as well as to increase community awareness of sustainability.
Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Economic Climate
Goal: The result of hundreds of community meetings and thousands of volunteer hours, The Green Book describes the three legs, or goals, of sustainability that guide development at Stapleton:
- Economic Opportunity: Develop as a regional center for job creation in diverse fields with an emphasis on new technologies and emerging industries.
- Environmental Responsibility: Demonstrate the economic and community benefits of a long-term commitment to reducing consumption of natural resources and impacts on the natural environment.
- Social Equity: Provide broad access to social, cultural and economic opportunities for all segments of the community.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders
Goal: The goal of this program is to provide a resource and referral service that could meet the needs of lower-income employees who might not be well served under a typical employee assistance program.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens, Adults, Urban
Goal: The Food Trust's mission is to ensure that everyone have access to affordable, nutritious food by providing nutrition education and greater availability of affordable, healthy food.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens, Adults, Older Adults, Urban
Goal: The goal of the Green Cart Initiative is to improve healthy food options for residents of New York.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens, Adults, Families, Urban
Goal: The goal of the Healthy Corner Store Initiative is to improve healthy food access in underserved communities in Philadelphia.
Impact: From 2004 to 2012, over 600 corner stores committed to providing healthy food options for customers. One hundred corner stores received conversions (investments ranging between $1,000 and $5,000) to expand inventory of produce and other healthy products.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Community & Business Resources
Goal: The mission of the Holistic Management Project was to develop capacity in a diverse group of individuals and to improve the social, ecological, and economic status of the state of Washington and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.