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, Education / Student Performance K-12, Teens
The goal of this program is to improve academic performance, reduce substance abuse, and reduce school failure among middle and high school students.
Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Employment, Adults
Aspiritech's mission is to provide a path for high-functioning individuals on the autism spectrum to realize their potential through meaningful employment.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Children, Urban
BUILD's mission is to engage at-risk youth in the schools and on the streets, so they can realize their educational and career potential and contribute to the stability, safely and well being of your communities.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Public Safety, Urban
The goal of this strategy is to improve the effectiveness of policing in Chicago.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Urban
The goals of this program are to provide a stable learning environment that will promote scholastic development, to enhance parent-child relationships, and to prevent delinquency.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Social Environment, Children, Families
The goal of this program was to increase father/male involvement in state-funded preschool programs for at-risk students.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders, Children, Teens
The goal of this program is to prevent violence among children and adolescents.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children
The goals of the I Am Moving, I Am Learning program is to prevent childhood obesity by (1) increasing the quantity of time children spend in moderate to vigorous physical activity; (2) improving the quality of structured movement activities in the classroom; and (3) promoting healthy food choices among Head Start children.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Rural
The goal of the Clinic is to provide health services for uninsured and underinsured families and individuals.
Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Income, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The mission of La Cocina is to cultivate low-income food entrepreneurs as they formalize and grow their businesses by providing affordable commercial kitchen space, industry-specific technical assistance, and access to market opportunities.
La Cocina supports dozens of successful food businesses run by low-income women and people from immigrant communities.