Awarded Grants

To build a community of informed leaders in NH by increasing civic engagement and strengthen communities through connecting and educating a diverse pool of engage or emerging leaders about the State of New Hampshire.

To improve oral health access for the under and uninsured residents of Carroll Country by establishing new dental center in Tamworth by November, 2007.

To study the feasibility of a 'volunteer' model to improve access to specialty care and improve continuity to primary care for the uninsured residents of Strafford County by undertaking a community planning process and developing provider champions.

To improve access to appropriate and timely health, education, mental health and social services by maximizing the use of cost-effective telehealth technologies throughout the State.

To assure benefits of adopting electronic health records by providing additional training to providers and other users by obtaining comprehensive technical assistance consulting services.

To deepen the New England media's understanding of the intricate and dynamic world of medicine and health care, with an emphasis on the special problems facing low-income and uninsured individuals and families.

To improve health and access to health care services for African immigrant/refugee youth and their families by conducting a needs assessment, developing leadership skills among African youth and creating strategies to address the identified needs.

To implement evidence-based treatments for child clients who have trauma histories, posttraumatic symptoms and associated problems such as depression and disruptive behaviors by implementing a videoconferencing network linking clinical experts to 10 community mental health centers and the Philbrook Center.

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 address the critical link between social factors and health by sustaining and expanding the NH Health Law Collaborative that identifies and addresses legal issues affecting the health and well-being of low-income children and adults.

To increase the life expectancy of individuals who have or are at risk of developing Severe & Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI) by providing resources and supports to reduce the risks of hypertension, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and substance abuse through a variety of community based interventions.

To plan a sustainable, comprehensive and integrated system to improve access to mental health care for Seacoast residents through research, community organizing, and resource development.