Awarded Grants

To hire a 50 percent FTE coordinator for the Fall Mountain Healthy Youth Initiative to begin to embed the 40 Youth Development Assets developed by the Search Institute among the individuals and organizations in our community working with young people.

To replace an air exchanger, an unanticipated expense followed by budget reductions of $1M in FY 2004 and anticipated reduction of more than $1.5 in FY 2005.

To make Nashua High School South Heart Safe by purchasing three (3) Automatic External Defibrillator (AEDs) which will be available to the community utilizing our school for outside events and during our school calendar year. In conjuction with the local the local fire department and ambulance who will provide training and technical support services for our program.

To improve the Health Educator's knowledge of Asperger Syndrome by attending a weeklong conference to 1) better meet the needs of children with this disorder in the community, 2) help families learn to communicate and interact with their children, 3) bea referral source for providers in the community and 4) share knowledge with staff.

To improve health care access by developing public consensus on health issues in NH and convening a Citizens Roundtable of community, business, and health care leaders.

To provide geographic access to the residents of Carroll County to affordable healthcare by developing a federally qualified community health center (FQHC) .

To improve health outcomes for individual CHS clients by providing direct legal services to children & families. To address systemic social & enviornmental barriers to children's health & well being through advocating for laws and/or policies that will improve the health of large groups of children. To provide a framework of medical-legal collaboration that NHLA can use to expand legal advocacy services to address health problems to other underserved populations in NH.

To raise awareness of minority health issues by holding an event focused on making the economic case for investing in preventive solutions to improve access to health care for all of NH's communities, and by creating an opportunity for collaborations and community initiatives to be formed.

To create a comprehensive plan for the development of the McConnell Center into a Community Wellness and Education Center by engaging in an effective and collaborative planning process involving key stakeholders, city officials, education, health and social service providers.

To improve geographic and economic access to healthcare in rural areas by convening a statewide conference to raise interest, knowledge, and awareness of telehealth opportunities in New Hampshire, and to explore the feasibility of developing a collaborative NH telehealth program.

To improve access to services and coordination of care for frail seniors in the greater Manchester area by implementing a comprehensive needs assessment and developing a systemschange work plan to address these needs that will include public education and awareness building, fiscal/resource planning and development of an enhanced individualized care coordination model.

To meet the health service needs of the homeless in the greater Nashua area by planning collaboratively as a community a new Healthcare for the Homelesss access point.