Awarded Grants

To improve access to preventive and restorative oral health services for all under and uninsured residents of Strafford County by establishing a dental center at Avis Goodwin Community Health Center, integrating medical and dental services by providing education for medical providers on quality oral health assessment, and by establishing a school-based program for elementary children.

To introduce the concepts of Public Health Dentistry and discuss the similarities and differences of these two types of dental care by holding a forum for the NHDS membership.

To support a community planning process that will identify solutions to reduce fragmentation and better integrate health care services and identify sustainable solutions for improved access to health care services.

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 determine the feasibility of establishing a Recovery School in New Hampshire by evaluating the regions need, accessing existing schools in other parts of the country and developing the best model for the area.

To successfully replicate and test expanding the disease focus of the community prevention and treatment initiative (CPTI) model in four New Hampshire communities.

To improve healthcare providers' cultural competency and their understanding of how culture and language impacts patients' access to care and medical compliance by providing comprehensive training opportunities with nationally known experts in the field.

To develop an intervention model which links primary care providers, 7-9 year olds and commuity based physical activity programs and to identify the financial burden attributable to childhood obesity in NH; and assess the link between current academic performance and fitness levels in order to impact NH public policy.

To decrease geograhic barriers to health and health care by conveing a transportation summit for Sullivan County that will bring together stakeholders from the local community, community agencies and local and state government to develop solutions to improve access to transportation.

To improve the health and well being of girls in NH by surveying girls about the health needs, concerns, behaviors and issues of girls and the barriers to seeking and accessing care and disseminating the study results to providers and other key stakeholders.

To ensure access to critical health and social services and improve the health outcomes of children living in poverty; address systemic economic and social-cultural barriers to child health through legal advocacy; and provide a framework for the expansion of this model of legal advocacy across New Hampshire by establishing a medical-legal collaborative project with NH Legal Assistance.

To increase support of evidence-based public health legislation and policies in NH by convening an educational conference on public health concepts for NH policymakers (legislators, members of the Executive Council, County Commissioners and Governor's staff).