Awarded Grants

To improve the overall health (physical and mental) of the people of NH as a result of strengthening the working relationship between community mental health providers and primary healthcare physicians by conducting a planning initiative to create a best practice model to functionally integrate mental and physical health services in the greater Derry/Salem area.

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

To support a quality NH Medicaid program by providing knowledge on the short and long term effects of the proposed Medicaid restructuring.

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 continue to provide demand response transportation services to the elderly and disabled of the Gr. Derry region until the anticipated infusion of FTA funding for transportation is received by leveraging a local donation with foundation match.

To increase the knowledge of NH pediatricians on children's oral health by convening with national children's oral health experts