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, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
The goal of PESP is to reduce the health and environmental risks associated with pesticide use.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / School Environment, Children
The mission of Playworks is to improve the health and well-being of children by increasing opportunities for physical activity and safe, meaningful play.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Families, Urban
To increase equitable access to healthy food and strengthen communities by empowering neighbors to share in the harvest and care of city-grown produce.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Civic Engagement, Adults, Urban
The mission of the Portland Fruit Tree Project is to increase equitable access to healthy food and strengthen communities by empowering neighbors to share in the harvest and care of city-grown food resources.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Rural
The goal of the Farm Safety Day Camp is to make farm and ranch life safer and healthier for children through education and training.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Adults
The goal of Project Achieve is to increase physical activity and cardiorespiratory health among sedentary adults.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Civic Engagement, Teens, Older Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The goal of Project SHINE is to build strong, healthy, and sustainable communities by fostering positive growth and relationships among its participants.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Built Environment, Children, Teens, Adults, Families
The Project Youth Green project is a community garden project that aims to involve families and youth in learning about local, sustainable food and gardening projects. The four acre community revitalization project focuses on youth education, community gardening and physical exercise.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Wildlife
RAN's mission is to protect and sustain healthy forests by campaigning against corporate policies that come at the expense of the environment.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children, Families, Urban
Raising A Reader's mission is to foster healthy brain development, encourage parent and child bonding through reading together and facilitate future school success by increasing reading skills.