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.
Comparative Cost Analysis of Housing and Case Management Program for Chronically Ill Homeless Adults Compared to Usual Care (Chicago, Illinois)
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes, Adults, Urban
To assess the costs of a housing and case management program in a novel sample: homeless adults with chronic medical illnesses.
Compared to usual care, the intervention group generated an average annual cost savings of (−)$6,307 per person (95 percent CI: −16,616, 4,002; p = .23). Subgroup analyses of chronically homeless and those with HIV showed higher per person, annual cost savings of (−)$9,809 and (−)$6,622.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Urban
Compassionate Healthcare seeks to provide affordable, accessible, and quality healthcare to the homeless and poor, offering a full range of traditional health care services, as well as HIV/AIDS, diabetes, mental health, substance abuse, and non-Western medicine services.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Rural
The goal of the Comprehensive Diabetes – Lower Extremities Amputation Prevention initiative is to improve foot care and reduce lower extremity amputations among people with diabetes.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Adults, Urban
The goal of CHANCE is to facilitate a connection between mental health services and homeless individuals.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Cancer, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of this program is to use peer communication to improve access to potentially lifesaving early detection services.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Employment, Children
The goal of this program is to give students the academic, technical/technological and employability skills necessary to compete in higher education and high performance workplaces.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Education / School Environment, Children, Teens, Urban
The goal of this program is to improve classroom management in order to provide a better learning environment that fosters academic success.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Families, Urban
CLOCC's mission is to confront the childhood obesity epidemic by promoting healthy and active lifestyles for children throughout the Chicago metropolitan area.
The Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children brings together researchers, public health advocates and practitioners, and the children, families, and communities of Chicagoland to prevent childhood obesity.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Employment
The purpose of the Career Connections Employment Resource Institute is to expand employment opportunities for persons with mental illness.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Adults, Families
Cooking Matters seeks to teach families to stretch their food budgets so their children are fed healthy and nutritious meals at home.
Graduates of Cooking Matters at the Store learn how to compare food labels, read ingredients lists, and identify healthy food choices that fit their budget.