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 / Governance, Children, Families, Urban
The goal is to reduce the frequency of accidental falls from apartment buildings.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Community / Social Environment, Children, Teens, Women
New Beginnings promotes resilience in children after parental divorce by providing mothers and their children with group and individual-based sessions.
The New Beginnings program improves post-divorce adjustment outcomes such as interparental conflict, mother-child relationships, and coping strategies by targeting predictive behaviors.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health, Families
Nurses for Newborns aims to provide a safety net for families at-risk and in-need of extra assistance, with programs serving teen moms, mothers with disabilities, infants that are sick, and other families in-need to prevent infant mortality, child abuse, and neglect.
Good NEWS for Better Living through Improved Fitness and Education (Good NEWS for a Better L.I.F.E.) (Azle, TX)
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults, Urban
The goal of Good NEWS for a Better L.I.F.E. is to improve the health of senior citizens through participation in educational and physical activities.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health, Families
The initiative's mission is to provide parenting education to new parents throughout California.
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.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Public Safety, Teens, Families, Urban
The mission of New Directions for Youth is to provide comprehensive programs that help at-risk youth become productive, self-sufficient and healthy young adults, and create supportive family environments.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
2004 goals of the New Families Center include screening 1,600 children for eligibility in health coverage programs, enrolling 700 children in health care coverage programs, immunizing over 1,300 children; and serving 900 families in need of health care navigation services to help address individual barriers to getting health care.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Employment, Adults
New Hope provided full-time workers with several benefits: an earnings supplement to raise their income above poverty, low-cost health insurance, and subsidized child care. For those unable to find full-time work, the program offered help in finding a job and referral to a wage-paying community service job when necessary.