Awarded Grants

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

Creation of a plan that integrates oral health education, assessment and treatment for children, adults and the elderly in the Sullivan County health service area.

To further identify priorities and strategies for improving language access in NH by engaging all key stakeholders.

To develop a statewide campaign to stop the spread of flu in NH, using the principles of social marketing, and working in collaboration with other organizations, including the NH DHHS Immunization Program and the NH Minority Health Coalition.

To bring together grantmaking colleagues with government staff, policy experts, researchers, and community advocates to discuss opportunities and strategies for protecting public programs in the short term and working towards more sustainable and equitable policies over the long term.

To develop an implementation plan for a model rural, home-based Chronic Disease Management program for diabetes and congestive heart failure in NH by researching and adapting optimal existing models/programs, patient education materials, staff training materials,telehealth technologies and electronic medical record software.

To identify, implement and evaluate methodolgies and interventions that most likely will improve the health profiles of NH's children by assessing, preventing and reducing the impact of poor nutrition and lack of exercise.

To improve access to health care, particularly in rural areas, in NH by developing a framework for planning a collaborative statewide telehealth program through convening a panel of experts to write a NH Telehealth White Paper that will be a road map for planning and developing a statewide telehealth program.

To provide geographic access to all of the essential components of a quality recovery process for the mentally ill in the greater Concord/Franklin area by maintaining access to adequate services of the local peer support group during reorganization.

To evaluate the benefits and risks of its community based staff to use mobile technology by participating in the beta testing of new software.

To increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the current transportaion system of the Twin Rivers and Lakes regions in order to improve access to health care by establishing an effective working model for rural transportation for this NH region.

To improve outcomes for adolescents participating in New Heights after-school programs by implementing a sustainable process to evaluate participants over time resulting in improved participant outcomes and an increase in cost effectiveness by determining which activities can be modified or eliminated.