Awarded Grants

To build a well developed and fully functional infrastructure of Community Support Organizations in the Greater NH Seacoast and to begin moving toward vision and community level outcomes in this area related to four priority areas: Access to Healthcare, Substance Abuse, Housing and Transportation by strengthening the current collaboration management structure, assess and meet training needs, map and assess current regional coalition infrastructure and to develop a long term plan for reducing duplication and improving efficiency of current coalition infrastructure.

To explore the socio-cultural adjustment of children and young adults from African refugee and Latino immigrant families in New Hampshire and the implications for mental health treatment by undertaking a six month research study with parents of children in mental health treatment, young adults (ages 18 to 25), and key informants.

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.

To ensure the sustainability of the InShape program by evaluating the effectiveness of a lower cost alternative model which does not rely on grant funding and can be generalize to the standard community mental health setting.

To improve access to health care for people with limited English proficiency in the Nashua area by establishing a cooperative, regional medical interpretation service that is available to all health care providers in the area.

To complete strategic planning necessary to determine where the Molar Express should ultimately reside both fiscally and administratively and to determine appropriate target populations, payer mix and needed capacity to sustain Molar Express operations and staff with assistance of NCHV Board and North Country Oral Health Work Group.

To broaden public awareness of the personal and policy issues around intergenerational substance abuse through the presentation of the award winning drama Wrecked at the Capitol Center for the Arts.

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.

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.

To continue to provide evidence-based adolescent substance use treatment to the same or increased numbers of clients by obtaining emergency funding to recover from a Project Year 2007 operating deficit caused by an unanticipated shortfall in service-fee revenues.

To continue to develop a coordinated, easily accessible transportation system that provides quality services to the transit dependent residents of the Greater Derry-Salem region.

To reduce the incidence of sexual assault and increase reporting and assistance seeking by victims of sexual assault among 12 to 25 year olds in Sullivan County by engaging youth and young adults to develop a campaign to educate their peers and the public.