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, Community / Community & Business Resources, Women, Families
Goal: The vision of the NAMC is to enable members to be effective in using their individual and collective knowledge and experience as catalysts for personal and societal changes that benefit mothers and families.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Air
Goal: NCDC participants are committed to reducing diesel emissions and finding innovative ways to protect human health and the environment. To fully address the challenges of reducing diesel emissions the NCDC is using a multi-pronged approach:
- Commitment to the successful implementation of the 2007 Highway Engine Rule and the Clean Air Nonroad Diesel Rule.
- Developing new emissions standards for locomotive and marine diesel engines.
- Promoting the reduction of emissions for existing diesel engines through cost-effective and innovative strategies, including use of cleaner fuels, retrofitting and repairing existing fleets, idling reduction among others.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
Goal: 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
Goal: 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 Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Air
Goal: Reduce methane emissions from natural gas operations by identifying and promoting the implementation of mitigation technologies and management practices.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Prevention & Safety, Teens
Goal: To prevent death and injury from car crashes among teens by reducing driving speed and driver distractions.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Children, Teens, Adults, Older Adults, Families, Urban
Goal: The mission of the Neighborhood Involvement Program is to provide cost-effective and professional services to underserved populations.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Transportation, Urban
Goal: The goal of the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP) is to increase safe traffic practices in Sacramento's neighborhoods by reducing the impacts from speeding vehicles and careless drivers on residential streets.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Teens, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Goal: 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
Goal: The goal of this program is to effectively treat substance abuse by using the patient's social support network to support abstinence.
Impact: 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.