Awarded Grants

To increase the number of dentists available to serve NH residents by expanding the current NH Recruitment Center to include the recruitment of dentists.

To develop a communications plan for the Endowment's Uninsured Project.

To improve regional transportation services for people in Strafford County by assessing existing transportation resources in Strafford County and developing an action plan for future efforts.

To enhance state and community leader capacity to locate and use health data and data-demonstrated solutions to community health problems by 1) creating, implementing and evaluating community-requested training curriculums and tools, 2) conducting presentations on how to use tools created by the program, 3) providing technical assistance, and 4) seeking funding to sustain program.

To increase access to oral health and oral health care and to promote the value of good oral health as a component of total health in Manchester, NH by developing a community based, long term strategic oral health plan.

To promote the importance of health insurance coverage for New Hampshire children.

To begin to address the dental care needs of nursing home residents in New Hampshire by documenting the current state of dental care for and dental health of nursing home residents in New Hampshire through surveys of nursing home dentists, dental hygienists and administrators and through clinical assessments of a sample of nursing home residents.

To address the gap between research and public policy re: cost, coverage and quality of health care in NH by creating a public policy roadmap for the Endowment's Citizen's Roundtable, by serving as a public policy guide for the Endowment's Pillar's Project and by enhancing the knowledge of NH key health stakeholders by providing onging monitoring and reporting on relevant health and public policy developments.

To help assure that the individuals and families of southern Carroll County have access to quality food by providing appropriate storage for food at the local food pantry.

To plan a multi-year pilot in Manchester to improve the oral health of NH Latinos through behavioral change.

To strategically position NH community/home care agencies to meet the challenges of the future by convening a day long workshop of regional community home care experts for trustees and managers of NH community home care agencies.

To conduct a systemic assessment of the effectiveness of the InShape program to improve fitness, promote health, and reduce the risk factors associated with excess disability and premature mortality in persons with SMI by a) refining and manualizing the IN SHAPE program, b) quantifying pre-post differences in physical activity, physical fitness, health status, affect, quality of life, and satisfaction with the IN SHAPE program, and c) by exploring age-associated modifications in the intervention necessary to address the needs of older and younger persons.