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.
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Filed under Good Idea, Community / Social Environment, Families
The goal of this program is to change the child protection field by demonstrating a new approach to safeguarding children and supporting families. Based on the premise that many people, agencies, and organizations in a community can contribute to children's safety, the initiative addresses child abuse and neglect by raising neighborhood awareness of child safety issues, empowering neighborhood residents to become more involved with families at risk of abusing or neglecting their children, strengthening locally based organizations and helping them form networks concerned with child safety, and fostering policy, practice, and organizational changes within public sector child protective services agencies. This approach is known as community child protection.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Social Environment, Families
The goal of this program is to provide comprehensive statewide strategies for Florida to promote violence-free, substance-abuse-free, respectful, nurturing families based on the foundation of a healthy marriage relationship between parents.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
The goal of the City of Poway's projects was to improve energy efficiency and to reduce energy costs.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
The goal of this program was to conserve energy in Azusa, California.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
The goal of these projects is to improve energy efficiency in Redondo Beach.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability, Urban
The goal of these programs was to reduce energy consumption in Santa Clara.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability, Urban
The goal of this program is to improve energy efficiency at Cypress Semiconductor.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Teens
The purpose of Present and Prevent is to educate teens about the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle in order to prevent obesity.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability, Urban
The goals of the KPIs are to ensure optimal efficiency as well as cost control and functionality.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability, Urban
The goals and operational benefits of (DG) systems include the delivery of improved power reliability, cleaner electric power, and below market energy rates, in an environmentally friendly manner.