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.
Teaching Alternative High School Students Computer Skills through Experiential Learning (Tonasket, WA)
Filed under Good Idea, Education / Student Performance K-12, Teens
The goal was to engage students in learning how to use and fix computers so they would be competitve in the job market following school.
Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Poverty, Rural
The goal of the program is to help clients reach self-sufficiency through life-skills and nutritional education.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Civic Engagement, Children, Teens
The intent of this program is to provide each student with at least 12 years of training in how to manage conflicts constructively and thereby significantly change the way they manage their conflicts for the rest of their lives.
Filed under Good Idea, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children
The goal of this program is to help students achieve in mathematics.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Family Planning, Teens
The goal of this program is to educate adolescents about teen pregnancy, abstinence, and contraceptive.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Transportation
The State of Arizona's original interest in telecommuting arose out of the search for solutions to common issues facing many areas in the United States: traffic congestion, air pollution, and energy consumption. However, Arizona has found that telecommuting is a powerful management tool that increases employee productivity while reducing the cost of employee turnover.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants, Children
The goal of this website is to provide younger children with basic information about acid rain and help them form a foundation of knowledge about, and an interest for, a variety of environmental issues.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality
The goal of this program is to provide health care access to uninsured, low income residents of Anne Arundel County.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders
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 / Cancer, Women
The goal of this program is to improve the quality of life for women diagnosed with cancer.