Awarded Grants

To ensure quality advocacy, knowledge development and nonprofit capacity building for the mental health system which supports NH's children and their families by sustaining the general operations of key related NH nonprofits.

To improve understanding of how to effectively reduce youth suicide (up to age 24) and to increase the earlier use of mental health care services of youth and their families by testing the effectiveness of anti-stigma messages, collecting and analyzing data to demonstrate that Frameworks is an evidenced based youth suicide prevention practice.

To develop an integrated continuum of care for youth with co-occurring disorders in the Seacoast by convening local partners and stakeholders and developing a collaborative regional model to be implemented by partner agencies.

To improve access to a full range of health care for children in the Upper Valley from birth to the child's sixth year by normalizing the inclusion of social/emotional wellness and supports in primary care settings and to increase the capacity of the early childhood mental health system to meet the needs of young children.

To improve the outcomes of children with complex mental health needs by developing an infrastructure to implement a high-quality, measurable, and sustainable Wraparound process in Strafford County.

To improve the educational, community and health outcomes for youth with emotional and behavioral disorders as they transition from adolescence to adulthood by partnering with three community mental health centers and a residential facility to implement this research-based intervention and by overcoming the reimbursement and funding barriers to ensure system wide replication in NH.

To develop a plan to screen, assess and refer young children (birth to age 6) and their families in need of evidence-based behavioral health services by working collaboratively with Strafford County pediatricians, child care providers and other key stakeholders to understand need and enhance knowledge.

To expand mental health services within the Nashua schools by conducting a needs assessment, coordinating a multi-stakeholder planning process, and creating a comprehensive plan.

To expand and improve comprehensive mental health services for students by strengthening linkages, cooperation, and collaboration protocols among schools, Monadnock Family Services, the state's Division of Children, Youth, and Families, and the state's Office of Juvenile Justice Services.

To improve health outcomes of homeless families by integrating evidence based child and family mental health care into programming at the Family Willows.

To reduce stigma associated with mental illness, a barrier to seeking treatment, by hosting a forum on juvenile justice and mental illness.

To enhance our understanding of the provision of mental health services within NH's schools by conducting a comprehensive analysis of the contractual relationships between schools and community mental health centers and by surveying a sample of school districts