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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 Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Teens

Goal: The goal of Ripple Effects is to use technology to prevent social injury and promote school and life success for children and teenagers.

Filed under Good Idea, Community / Civic Engagement

Goal: The goal of Rock and Wrap It Up! is to collect leftover food from large events and donate it to local agencies.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens

Goal: The goal of the Rocky View Schools Healthy Eating Initiative is to implement healthy eating guidelines that will change the school food environment, thereby supporting students in making healthy food choices.

Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Social Environment, Children

Goal: The program has five main goals: foster the development of empathy; develop emotional literacy; reduce levels of bullying, aggression and violence, and promote children's pro-social behaviors; increase knowledge of human development, learning, and infant safety; and prepare students for responsible citizenship and responsive parenting.

Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability, Adults, Rural

Goal: The goal of the Rural Energy for America Program is to increase clean energy production, efficiency savings, economic activity, and new jobs in rural areas.

Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Educational Attainment

Goal: As a national, primarily residential training program, Job Corps' mission is to attract eligible young adults, teach them the skills they need to become employable and independent, and place them in meaningful jobs or further education.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults

Goal: The Safe at Home program makes modifications and accessibility improvements in the homes of low-income elderly homeowners in order to avoid injury and nursing home placement.

Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Children

Goal: The program has two main focuses. The first is prevention of sexual, emotional, or physical abuse by people known to the child. The other focus of the program is safety around strangers.

Filed under Good Idea, Community / Civic Engagement, Teens, Urban

Goal: The group’s mission is to improve the leadership skills of Denver’s youth while supporting and improving the community.

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

Goal: The goal of Safe Passages' Early Childhood Initiative is to reduce the impact of violence on young children and to encourage the development of positive social skills and healthy family environments in order to prevent future violence.