Awarded Grants

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 improve access to health for youth at risk for suicidal behavior by reframing messages, changing stigmatizing attitudes, providing training and skill development, strengthening community coalitions, fostering leadership, and promoting collaboration and service coordination.

To increase access of self-employed and micro-business owners to health insurance information by developing a web site specifically designed for the self-employed micro-business user that will present unbiased information about how the health insurance system works and what options are available in NH.

To lay the groundwork for implementation of a statewide telehealth network by further characterizing telehealth needs, resources and interest in the state and engaging key stakeholders in a deliberative planning process leading to a clear and concrete plan of action.

To achieve the vision of the Medical Interpretation Advisory Board (MIAB) where the limited English proficient and deaf and hard of hearing populations in New Hampshire will have access to high quality health services and to improve the quality of healthcare offered by New Hampshire hospitals and other providers by promoting cultural competency within organizations, developing models or systems that ensure delivery of culturally sensitive and appropriate care and faciliating the Medical Interpretation Advisory Board and its subcommittees.

To create a healthy and sustainable health system for New Hampshire by engaging citizens, policymakers, providers, and other stakeholders in developing policies and systems that support New Hampshire's residents in their efforts to maintain good health and prevent illness and injury and maintain access to a healthcare system that provides high-quality, cost-effective care.

To develop a coordinated, easily accessible transportation system that provides quality services to the transit dependent residents of the Greater Derry-Salem region.

To provide state policy-makers, the general public and health system stakeholders with data and information on healthcare finance and coverage by analyzing current status and trends in the health finance system and the impact on the cost and quality of healthcare and on access of residents to that care through health insurance and public programs.

To educate the NH public about the needs of our seniors, give seniors and caregivers access to resources that can help them, and begin building the public will to make changes benefitting our elderly in our communities through a story series on NH Public TV, an accompanying web site and four community forums.

To assist Falls Risk Reduction Teams develop effective multi-factorial interventions in their facilities and/or communities by convening them to provide evidence-based tools and strategies for initiating and measuring change as well as ongoing technical assistance and support.

To improve the overall health of children, adults and families enrolled in Area Agency of Greater Nashua, Inc programs by piloting Southern NH Time Exchange which will create a safe social network where reciprocal volunteerism meets everyday needs in a cost effective way.

To improve revenues by developing a new data base and implementing a new billing system.