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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, Community / Public Safety, Children, Families

Goal: Safe Walk to School's goal is to keep children walking to school safe.

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

Goal: The goals of this program are to

- Prevent youth from becoming delinquent by focusing strengths-based, family-centered community resources and programs on "at-risk" youth and their families.
- Improve the juvenile justice and community intervention for juvenile offenders through a system of Graduated Sanctions (Intervention).

Filed under Good Idea, Education / School Environment, Children, Teens

Goal: The goal of this program is to introduce teachers, students, and chaperones to rail and train safety, the environment, and train travel. This program targets all students from kindergarten through high school.

Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Public Safety, Teens

Goal: The goal of the seat belt feedback signs is to increase seat belt use among front seat occupants on a college campus.

Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Transportation, Children, Urban

Goal: The goal of the Springfield Safe Communities project was to reduce the number of alcohol-related traffic crash fatalities, and to increase seat belt use throughout the city and surrounding areas.

Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Transportation, Adults

Goal: The goal of the Broome County STOP-DWI comprehensive DWI countermeasure program is to improve highway safety by preventing drunk driving through increased certainty of arrest and conviction.

Filed under Good Idea, Community / Public Safety, Racial/Ethnic Minorities

Goal: The mission of the program is to develop cultural understanding and to forge relationships between police officers and citizens of Austin in order to provide better community service.

Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Public Safety

Goal: The goal of this program is to increase the proper use of seat belts and car seats.

Filed under Good Idea, Community / Public Safety

Goal: The goal of the program was to improve child passenger safety.

Filed under Good Idea, Community / Transportation, Adults, Families

Goal: TransForm aims to create world-class public transportation and walkable communities in the Bay Area and beyond.

Nevada Tomorrow