Awarded Grants

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 enhance the effectiveness of the Women for Women Coalition to address health disparities in African Refugee/Immigrant Women and their families living in Manchester NH by supporting two individuals to develop leadership skills and lead specific knowledge through participation in two national conferences.

To initiate the healthy eating/active living planning and implementation process by inviting a broad representation of stakeholders to identify action steps and measurable outcomes to halt the rise of overweight and obesity in NH.

To improve awareness about pain as a health issue, its myths and issues of access in our senior population by means of a series of short plays and guided discussion presented statewide at senior centers and other locations where seniors gather.

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.

To ensure that underserved populations with barriers to accessing appropriate health care continue to have a powerful advocate for the elimination of health disparities as well as uninterrupted access to high-quality, culturally appropriate services by increasing the capacity of staff and board at the New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition to manage change in general and the transition to a new Executive Director specifically.

To increase access to primary health care services to all individuals in the Laconia area, regardless of their ability to pay, race, ethnicity, or cultural diversity, by opening a new site of the Health First Family Care Center.