Awarded Grants

To collaboratively increase and sustain the body of knowledge regarding New Hampshire's oral health workforce to inform strategic planning in response to oral health status and access issues.

To develop a strategic vision and implementation plan for future programming of Northeast Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services via a collective effort with other organizations serving deaf individuals in NH.

To create a viable business which would provide real work opportunities for students with cognitive impairments.

To comparatively evaluate the New Hampshire Medicaid prepaid dental benefit, fee-for-service program and dental safety net program from the perspective of access, quality and cost.

To revise the guide, Traumatic Brain Injury in Children and Teens-A National Guide for Families as a printed, CD and web based document.

To identify the current health needs of NH's youth, develop & disseminate a set of comprehensive recommendations & action strategies and assist state & community agencies & coalitions in building capacity for plan implementation.

To plan and fund a statewide school-based dental sealant program for New Hampshires high risk children.

To address the critical need for improving access to treatment for adolescents and young adults with both mental illness and substance abuse disorder through the development of a coalition of government and private organizations to serve on an advisory council and to lead a summit to determine priorities and strategies to address this issue.

To develop a profile of existing workforce initiatives in NH, convene a group to refine and make recommendations relative to this profile, and maintain an ongoing web presence regarding workforce activities in the state.

To develop and implement a program to improve access and capacity to better meet the mental health needs of the Latino/Hispanic population in our region. As our community changes, we recognize the need to be able to change along with it and become more culturally compentent at delivering services that maintain our high quality tradition and are sensitive to the culture and values of the citizens who come through the doors.

To repeat the New Hampshire third grade oral health survey in 2004 to 1) update information on the three childhood indicators in the surveillance system, 2) evaluate changes since the 2001 survey, and 3) assess progress towards Healthy NH 2010 objectives.

To expand the advocacy work of the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire at a federal level and to educate the public and policymakers how such developments affect the children and families of New Hampshire.