Awarded Grants

To call national attention by foundations in all states to the issue of poverty during the 2008 presidential campaign and beyond by promoting a national debate.

To help improve access to quality, affordable health care by developing a collaborative network of organizations, stakeholder groups and individuals to understand and advance public policy change on key health policy issues facing New Hampshire.

To identify Best Practices for integrating volunteer drivers into regional human service transportation brokerages, and develop an action plan for implementing these Best Practices in transportation coordination efforts ongoing in the southeast corner of the state.

To improve the mental health and well being of children, youth, and families in Dover by strengthening the ability of the Dover Kid's Cabinet to assess community needs, develop an integrated community approach, and sustain these efforts.

To assure the availability of primary care services northern Coos County by developing a long-term sustainability plan for the Indian Stream Health Center.

To review the space needs of the health center for current and planned growth. To review business operations of the health center and make recommendations to improve business operations of the health center.

This project will begin a dental screening and treatment program for elementary school children in the Hillsboro-Deering School District by contracting with a licensed dental hygienist.

Work towards building community consensus that can address both institutional and internalized social-cultural barriers that contribute to racial and ethnic health disparities by convening a multi-racial, multi-cultural group of community residents and social and human service providers for a 2.5 day Undoing Racism workshop.

To provide financial stability for the Community Health Center and addressing shortfalls in funding.

To ensure court involved children receive mental health and other services they need by collaborating with courts, juvenile service officers, public defenders, mental health providers, schools and other key organizations that serve children and youth to provide civil legal services for delinquent and CHINS youth

To improve the mental health of refugee and non-English speaking minority youth through the creation of trauma informed systems of care by conducting a needs assessment utilizing community dialogue strategies.

To ensure quality advocacy, nonprofit capacity building and knowledge development for the health system in NH in order to improve the health of NH residents by piloting the use of core operating support to sustain key NH nonprofits.