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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.
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Filed under Good Idea, Education / Educational Attainment

Goal: The goal of the Aid Success Project is to improve the information that students receive about financial aid in the hopes of improving their academic success.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use

Goal: The goal of this program is to involve community partners in reviewing individual deaths, generating recommendations for improved community collaboration, and initiating new practices.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Prevention & Safety, Children, Teens

Goal: The goal of the Alive & Free Prescription is to keep youth unharmed by violence and free from incarceration, and to provide youth with the support and opportunities to build positive lives that contribute to society.

Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants

Goal: The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition aims to use the Toxics Release Inventory data to reduce pollution.

Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Investment & Personal Finance, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban

Goal: The goal of Bank on Oakland is to help low-income families gain access to mainstream financial services.

Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Investment & Personal Finance, Adults, Families, Urban

Goal: The goal of Banking on the Future is to help low-income residents achieve financial stability.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Adults

Goal: The goal of the Buck Tobacco Sponsorship Project is to work with rodeo governing bodies throughout the state to establish written, voluntary policies restricting tobacco sponsorship at rodeos.

Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Employment

Goal: The mission of CET, an economic and community development corporation, is to promote human development and education by providing people with marketable skills, training and supportive services that contribute to self sufficiency.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Children, Urban

Goal: The goal of this program is to reduce the negative impact of alcohol abuse on campus life by correcting students' perceptions about alcohol use and by making the campus less conducive to drinking.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children

Goal: The goal of the Children’s Power Play! Campaign is to improve youth physical activity and nutrition.