Strategies What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive. SORT BY A-ZBest MatchNewest VIEW 102550 6 Strategies Educators Government Diet and Exercise Education Housing and Transit Income Nonprofits Scientifically Supported Mixed Evidence Improve quality of K12 education Increase or supplement income Promote healthy eating Access to Care Air and Water Quality Clear all Bookmark this strategy Breastfeeding promotion programs Provide education, information, counseling, and support for breastfeeding to women throughout pre- and post-natal care Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Diet and Exercise Bookmark this strategy Child care subsidies Provide financial assistance to working parents, or parents attending school, to pay for child care Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Income Bookmark this strategy Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Expand refundable earned income tax credits for working individuals and families with low to moderate incomes Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Income Bookmark this strategy Full child support pass-through and disregard Adopt policies that allow custodial parents who receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to collect all child support paid by the non-custodial parent; no portion is retained by the state Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Income Bookmark this strategy Minimum wage increases Increase the lowest hourly, daily, or monthly compensation that employers may legally pay to workers Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Income Bookmark this strategy School nutrition standards Regulate the quality of food that can be sold to students through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), à la carte options, vending machines, etc. Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Diet and Exercise
Bookmark this strategy Breastfeeding promotion programs Provide education, information, counseling, and support for breastfeeding to women throughout pre- and post-natal care Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Diet and Exercise
Bookmark this strategy Child care subsidies Provide financial assistance to working parents, or parents attending school, to pay for child care Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Income
Bookmark this strategy Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Expand refundable earned income tax credits for working individuals and families with low to moderate incomes Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Income
Bookmark this strategy Full child support pass-through and disregard Adopt policies that allow custodial parents who receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to collect all child support paid by the non-custodial parent; no portion is retained by the state Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Income
Bookmark this strategy Minimum wage increases Increase the lowest hourly, daily, or monthly compensation that employers may legally pay to workers Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Income
Bookmark this strategy School nutrition standards Regulate the quality of food that can be sold to students through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), à la carte options, vending machines, etc. Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Diet and Exercise