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, Economy / Employment, Children
MY TURN's mission is to help youth develop goals, skills and confidence needed to transition successfully into post-secondary education or training and the world of work.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
The goal of Performance Track is to recognize and encourage top environmental performance among private and public facilities, which go beyond compliance with regulatory requirements to achieve environmental excellence.
Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Poverty
To increase the amount of fresh produce and nutritious foods that are distributed to local food banks across the United States through the Feeding America network.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Prevention & Safety, Teens
To prevent death and injury from car crashes among teens by reducing driving speed and driver distractions.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Teens, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
NFTE's mission is to motivate young people from low-income communities to stay in school, learn about entrepreneurship, and plan for successful futures.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use
The goal of this program is to effectively treat substance abuse by using the patient's social support network to support abstinence.
Among Network Therapy clients, 64.5% of all samples submitted were negative for opioids, compared with 45.3% of all samples submitted by medication maintenance clients. Furthermore, 88% of urine samples were negative for cocaine for Network Therapy participants, compared with 66% of urine samples collected from treatment-as-usual clients.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Prevention & Safety, Teens, Urban
The purpose of the program is to keep youth out of crime and to provide them with opportunities for a more fulfilling life.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Social Environment, Children, Teens, Adults, Women, Men, Families
A 10-session group program, with two individual sessions, for divorced mothers and their children to promote resilience in children after parental divorce.
At the fifteen-year followup, NBP reduced the incidence of internalizing disorders for females and males and substance-related disorders and substance use for males.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Social Environment, Children, Teens, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The goal of the New Communities Program is to strengthen communities from within through planning, organizing, and human development.