Awarded Grants

To increase funding sources to care for uninsured people in eastern Grafton County by a completing a request for newly available State funds.

To ensure that First Responders in Colebrook area comply with new training mandates by Jan 2009 by providing scholarships to attend training.

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 develop a collaborative network of health care stakeholders and policy-change advocates by bringing together stakeholders to build a model framework and detailed plan to implement a regional academic detailing training and service provision system for New Hampshire and the rest of northern New England.

To foster a viable, informed, and innovative primary health care system for all NH citizens by promoting the medical home as the model for quality primary care.

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.