Awarded Grants

To implement a model demonstration program in NH to enable elderly and chronically ill individuals, specifically in rural areas of NH, to obtain access to quality consumer-directed personal care services in their homes and in lieu of nursing home placement by providing fiscal intermediary and support services to the elderly and chronically ill as they hire, train and supervise their personal care workers.

To improve NH CHC's financial sustainability by expanding the Advisory Committee; building business case that demonstrates CHC's value (cost, quality, access) and; communicating value of CHC's to public/private sectors to increase revenue.

To build support for health care policy reform to improve access to quality, affordable health care for NH residents by mobilizing citizen activists from key constituencies to effectively engage in public debates; by enhancing the capacities of allied member organizations in health care advocacy; by facilitating direct dialogue between citizens and policy-makers; by developing strong alliances between statewide and local organizations and community leaders concerned about health care reform; by fostering the development of a sustainable movement for health care reform

To facilitate access of NH residents to needed health care by developing and implementing technology-based solutions to enhance and strengthen communications among health and human service providers by community installation of products, by enhancement of new product features and by developing a new tool which makes the system cost effective for all NH nonprofits able to participate in technology to improve access to consumers, to transition to a private enterprise corporate model which sustains its customer base, to expand membership to new markets and to increase collaboration with other service providers in the state.

To create systemic change in addressing linguistic barriers of non-English speakers in NH by increasing the number of trained medical interpreters in the health care workforce, as well as developing a comprehensive approach to providing quality health care services by offering training to health professionals, and their organizations about medical interpretation.

To determine a NH best practice school-based dental sealant program by implementing and evaluating three models which build on the existing infrastructure of established school-based programs, use of volunteer dentists to provide required patient assessment and targeting Title I schools with students at highest risk for dental disease.

To improve the health status of the underserved populations in the North County by community care coordination.

To improve the oral health of the residents of Mt. Washington Valley by developing a school based dental program, by providing the prenatal patients of the White Mountain Health Center with comprehensive dental care, by providing referrals and vouchers to patients who present themselves at the Memorial Hospital Emergency Department with acute oral pain, and by providing a comprehensive educational program on the importance of good oral health.

To assure increased access to culturally and linguistic appropriate mental healthcare for the growing Latino population in NH through consultation and training in recommended systemic change processes in existing Latino/Hispanic population centers in NH.

To enhance public understanding of health care issues by increasing NHPR's capacity to regularly and extensively cover health care especially EH themes.

To change funding for access to services, social and health care by NH's deaf and hard of hearing population through policy and legislative change where appropriate by working with NH state agency representatives.

To improve access to healthcare by providing a high quality, comprehensive, sustainable language interpretation service that will assist both persons who are limited in their proficiency of English and staff at medical facilities/social service agencies to communicate without linguistic or cultural barriers.