Awarded Grants

To strengthen and expand the health career pipeline to support the recruitment of dentists to NH by engaging key oral health stakeholders in the development, coordination, and implementation of new pipeline activities.

To increase the capacity of oral health providers to provide a smoking cessation intervention with their patients by offering an integrated office-based system and training in their clinical setting.

To transition NH Center for Nonprofits' website and e-mail newsletter, Nonprofit Notes, to a new program developer by providing quality training, mentoring, and education.

To promote good health and positive life choices among Native youth by providing guest speakers on health related topics, and activities to teach youth good nutrition, physical well-being, healthy life-styles and a positive self-image.

To develop a mobile dental initiative to address the unmet oral health needs of the population of Coos and Northern Grafton Counties.

To prevent Eastern Equine Encephalitis and other mosquito borne illnesses among homeless individuals by distributing mosquito repellent through outreach workers.

To identify areas for improved effectiveness and efficiency of operations to assure financial sustainability.

To enhance the awareness and knowledge of the New England public and its policymakers regarding critical health issues especially those affecting the low income and the uninsured by intensively training medical journalists.

To assure the sustainability of AFHS programs and services by developing an organizational and business plan that will assure quality services on a balanced budget.

To develop a method and process to proceed with the termination of the current Executive Director; secure interim leadership for the organization; hire a new Executive Director who is capable of leading the VNA through the imminent challenges of financial management, implementation of a new point of service electronic record, and finding new space for the organization.

To increase access to workers' compensation medical benefits for low-income and immigrant workers by creating a plan (1) to increase free legal assistance and (2) to expand worker and community leader awareness of these medical benefits.

To reduce underage alcohol problems in New Hampshire through the implementation of the State Strategy by developing resources and convening stakeholders for communication and education.