Awarded Grants

To help health practitioners, educators and the general public better understand the barriers that people with disabilities face in accessing quality health care and education by promoting the use of Including Samuel, a documentary film that follows the journey of children with disabilities and their families and examines best practices for the social and educational inclusion of youth with disabilities.

To increase the State

To assist community prevention providers, health and human service professionals, and schools to reduce rates and severity of substance abuse and related high risk behaviors among girls and young women by producing a training curriculum and educational tools based on current research and best practices in gender specific prevention and intervention.

To assess the interest in and demand for a community health worker training program in NH by conducting educational sessions and a survey of current/potential community health workers and current/potential employers.

To increase program efficiency and further the missions of Sexual Assault Support Services and A Safe Place by pursuing options related to the creation of a strategic alliance.

To build the capacity of government, health and human services leaders, workers and the systems that deliver patient care throughout New England to more effectively address the issue of minority health disparities by holding a bi-annual conference to discuss ways to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities in these workers.

The goal of the proposed grant is to complete the process of planning for a new dental clinic to serve residents in greater Manchester who currently lack access to dental care. In addition, the grant will allow the consultant to provide oversight during the opening of the clinic during 2007.

To improve access to health insurance for NH's young adults by expanding age eligibility to existing public and private health insurance products.

To reduce childhood lead paint poisoning in New Hampshire through a coordinated approach to improving NH's lead poisoning prevention policies by convening a strong coalition of diverse interests, establishing a communications network, advocating for primary prevention and other sound policies, and developing recommendations for future strategic investment by funders.

To develop systems dynamics based models of healthcare to permit use of simulation tools in healthcare policy making.

To improve the mental health of NH's children and their families by seeking and documenting input from families and youth on the public and private mental health delivery system.

To convene the second annual public oral health program.