Awarded Grants

To improve understanding of how to effectively reduce youth suicide (up to age 24) and to increase the earlier use of mental health care services of youth and their families by testing the effectiveness of anti-stigma messages, collecting and analyzing data to demonstrate that Frameworks is an evidenced based youth suicide prevention practice.

To develop an integrated continuum of care for youth with co-occurring disorders in the Seacoast by convening local partners and stakeholders and developing a collaborative regional model to be implemented by partner agencies.

To create a comprehensive plan to improve collaboration among the Coalition members by hiring a consultant to assess the coalition's opportunities and challenges, outline a three-year strategic plan, negotiate conflict, and identify potential partners.

To improve access to a full range of health care for children in the Upper Valley from birth to the child's sixth year by normalizing the inclusion of social/emotional wellness and supports in primary care settings and to increase the capacity of the early childhood mental health system to meet the needs of young children.

To improve the outcomes of children with complex mental health needs by developing an infrastructure to implement a high-quality, measurable, and sustainable Wraparound process in Strafford County.

To expand children's healthcare access and coverage in NH, the region and on the national level by working collaboratively with a wide-range of organizations on SCHIP reauthorization and implementation, engaging the business community in children's healthcare advocacy efforts, providing specific support to NH stakeholders to increase and protect children's healthcare coverage.

To improve the quality, effectiveness and availability of primary care for all New Hampshire residents by promoting primary care as a medical home that provides patient-centered primary care and coordinates all other care.

To improve the educational, community and health outcomes for youth with emotional and behavioral disorders as they transition from adolescence to adulthood by partnering with three community mental health centers and a residential facility to implement this research-based intervention and by overcoming the reimbursement and funding barriers to ensure system wide replication in NH.

To develop increased data analysis capability of public health data by developing capacity to use Bayesian spatial modeling to assess uncommon events and small populations to make better predictions of risk and to make that information available to stakeholders and the public.

To improve access to comprehensive health services for Manchester's most vulnerable residents by establishing a community health care network that will provide integrated oral health, mental health and primary care services.

To implement an electronic health record system across NH's community mental health centers by engaging in a comprehensive planning effort to understand the clinical, financial, data analysis, and reporting needs of stakeholders and developing recommendations.

To examine food access and affordability at the community level in New Hampshire and the extent to which dietary-related illness is associated with reduced access to healthy foods by conducting a research study about the availability of quality, affordable food across the state.