Awarded Grants

To create systemic change in addressing linguistic barriers of non-English speakers in NH by increasing the number of trained medical interpreters in the health care workforce, as well as developing a comprehensive approach to providing quality health care services by offering training to health professionals, and their organizations about medical interpretation.

To determine a NH best practice school-based dental sealant program by implementing and evaluating three models which build on the existing infrastructure of established school-based programs, use of volunteer dentists to provide required patient assessment and targeting Title I schools with students at highest risk for dental disease.

To improve the health status of the underserved populations in the North County by community care coordination.

To improve the oral health of the residents of Mt. Washington Valley by developing a school based dental program, by providing the prenatal patients of the White Mountain Health Center with comprehensive dental care, by providing referrals and vouchers to patients who present themselves at the Memorial Hospital Emergency Department with acute oral pain, and by providing a comprehensive educational program on the importance of good oral health.

To assure increased access to culturally and linguistic appropriate mental healthcare for the growing Latino population in NH through consultation and training in recommended systemic change processes in existing Latino/Hispanic population centers in NH.

To enhance public understanding of health care issues by increasing NHPR's capacity to regularly and extensively cover health care especially EH themes.

To change funding for access to services, social and health care by NH's deaf and hard of hearing population through policy and legislative change where appropriate by working with NH state agency representatives.

To continue to provide demand response transportation services to the elderly and disabled of the Gr. Derry region until the anticipated infusion of FTA funding for transportation is received by leveraging a local donation with foundation match.

To increase the knowledge of NH pediatricians on children's oral health by convening with national children's oral health experts

To hire a 50 percent FTE coordinator for the Fall Mountain Healthy Youth Initiative to begin to embed the 40 Youth Development Assets developed by the Search Institute among the individuals and organizations in our community working with young people.

To replace an air exchanger, an unanticipated expense followed by budget reductions of $1M in FY 2004 and anticipated reduction of more than $1.5 in FY 2005.

To make Nashua High School South Heart Safe by purchasing three (3) Automatic External Defibrillator (AEDs) which will be available to the community utilizing our school for outside events and during our school calendar year. In conjuction with the local the local fire department and ambulance who will provide training and technical support services for our program.