Awarded Grants

To assist Somali women and their families in becoming educated, empowered and active participants in their own health care by providing bi-lingual, bi-cultural case management, medical interpretation and home-based health education through a Somali woman health educator that is shared by the Somali Development Center and the NH Minority Health Coalition.

To reduce economic barriers to accessing health for the people in New Hampshire by expanding health insurance protections to divorcing spouses and their families through research, capacity building; and promoting positive policy.

To increase the number of low-income and vulnerable populations in New Hampshire who have access to services to purchase new reliable cars for personal transportation by undertaking a planning process to include siting of new offices, increasing cultural awareness in program design, and planning a policy change effort.

To improve NH health stakeholders' capacity to navigate the public policy divide - the gap that exists between health-related data, research, analysis, and recommendations on the one hand, and the successful implementation of sensible public policies on the other - by providing practical and expert technical assistance.

To increase mobility options for residents of the Contoocook River Valley by conducting a second phase of planning for the development of regional and local organizational transportation infrastructure.

To improve regional transportation services for people in Strafford and Eastern Rockingham Counties by coordinating transportation services offered by COAST and multiple human service transportation provider agencies.

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.