Awarded Grants

To fully unnderstand why people from NH have and do not have health insurance.

To participate in a national program engaged in an effort to integrate primary care medicine and dentistry in preventing oral disease and promoting oral health for children one to three years.

The Claremont Soup Kitchen & Food Pantry hope to accomplish feeding & providing food boxes to everyone who comes to us in need. We hope to accomplish this task through the funding we receive from grants. We hope to purchase nutritious foods, fresh fruit, veg. & meats so families may prepare a balanced meal. We will use the food to prepare & serve a nutritious meal at the soup kitchen. We hope to split the money between the Soup Kitchen & Food Pantry to purchase food we need to supply our depleted supply.

We are the largest community mental health center in the state seeking to increase the cultural competency of our staff. The project we are undertaking, as described in the attached letter, will assist us in this endeaver.

To manage effectively all aspects of merging Androscoggin Valley Hospital /Mountain Health Services (AVH/MHS) physician practices located in Berlin and Gorham into an expanded Coos County Family Health Service with FQHC status for all patients.

To increase the volume of care and to reduce waiting time for restorative care and oral surgery by serving as a site for the Tufts Dental School externship and to expand education, prevention and volunteer programs.

To implement the recent Greater Derry-Salem Regional Transportation action plan to improve transit in the Greater Derry/Salem region (area does not have a public transportation system or agency) through coordination and expansion of existing demand/response services and the eventual development of a standard fixed route bus service.

To develop a sustainable training program for qualified medical interpreters; to provide leadership in the develop a system that meets the interpretation needs of the Limited English Proficient (LEP) population statewide; to train and educate health professionals on cultural competency and use of medical interpreters; to provide outreach and education to LEP health consumers about medical interpretation; to develop a continuing education program for trained medical interpreters.

To create systemic change for strengthening New Hampshire's safety net by ensuring the sustainability of New Hampshire's community health centers (CHCs) to ensure the delivery of essential primary and preventive health care services to the uninsured and underinsured in New Hampshire.

To develop a program, In Shape, to improve the overall health status and increase the lower than average life expectancy for the population of adults who have, or are at risk of developing, a severe/persistent mental illness (SPMI) by targeting risk factors that contribute to increased mortality from diabetes, substance abuse and cardiovascular disease.

To develop and implement a comprehensive school-based dental program, grades K-3, which includes screening, chairside preventive treatment and education, community referrals for restorative care as needed, classroom education, and a fluoride rinse program at schools in eastern Cheshire County.

To prepare youth service providers in northern New England to meet the needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning (GLBTQ) youth in order to enhance their health, safety and well-being.