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, Community / Public Safety, Adults
Goal: The goal of the Ignition Interlock program is to reduce drunk driving among alcohol traffic offenders.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Oral Health, Children
Goal: The goal of the Illinois Dental Sealant Grant Program is to provide grant funds and technical assistance to public health service providers to develop and implement school-based dental sealant programs.
Filed under Good Idea, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children
Goal: The goal of this program is to promote children's imagination, and to nurture children's aspirations and dreams for the future.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Disabilities, Children
Goal: The goal of the Imua Project is to support youth with disabilities transition from high school to employment or higher education.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Built Environment, Children
Goal: The goal of the In Our Own Back Yard program is to cultivate connection to, comfort in, and informed appreciation of the outdoors among participants.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders, Adults
Goal: The goal of In SHAPE is to utilize personal health mentors in order to improve physical health and quality of life, reduce the risk of preventable diseases, and enhance the life expectancy of individuals with severe mental illnesses.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Adults, Women, Older Adults, Rural
Goal: The goal of this program is to decrease fatalism and increase participation in colorectal cancer screening among African American women.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Children, Teens, Rural
Goal: The primary goal of the Independence Youth Court is to reduce incidents of juvenile crime, divert offending youth from the Juvenile Justice System and to provide an alternative to the Jackson County Family court process and further contact with the police.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults
Goal: The mission of this program is to provide a community-based, and community supported, economically viable and consumer-oriented, quality transportation service for seniors.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Children, Teens, Urban
Goal: The goal of this program is to divert young first-time offenders from court into a restorative justice process in which the offender and victim negotiate a satisfactory solution.