Awarded Grants

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 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.

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 improve the oral health of the people of NH by creating and implementing a statewide oral health plan.

To enhance the ability and interest of NH's early childhood educators to improve the health of NH's young children by convening a professional development conference for early childhood educators.

To prevent pressure ulcers of all NH residents who have or are at a risk by providing access to the diagnostic technology known as Forse Sensing Array (FSA) which will result in clinical recommendations for a seating system that provides proper positioning, postural support and an optimal pressure-relieving cushion.

To increase NH's knowledge of cost effective sustainable and responsive community oral health models by planning and implementing a practice based oral health program.

To implement a model demonstration program in NH to enable elderly and chronically ill individuals, specifically in rural areas of NH, to obtain access to quality consumer-directed personal care services in their homes and in lieu of nursing home placement by providing fiscal intermediary and support services to the elderly and chronically ill as they hire, train and supervise their personal care workers.

To improve NH CHC's financial sustainability by expanding the Advisory Committee; building business case that demonstrates CHC's value (cost, quality, access) and; communicating value of CHC's to public/private sectors to increase revenue.

To build support for health care policy reform to improve access to quality, affordable health care for NH residents by mobilizing citizen activists from key constituencies to effectively engage in public debates; by enhancing the capacities of allied member organizations in health care advocacy; by facilitating direct dialogue between citizens and policy-makers; by developing strong alliances between statewide and local organizations and community leaders concerned about health care reform; by fostering the development of a sustainable movement for health care reform