Awarded Grants

Carroll County Mediation Services, Inc. last year opened a satellite office in Ossipee, 30 miles to the south of its main office. All indications are that services offered by CCMS are greatly needed there and that the Ossipee office has the potential to become the larger of the two offices. CCMS has experienced a series of events leading to a shortfall threatening the continuance of the second office. Funds will be used to help fund what will grow into a full-time position and to develop and operate the Carroll County Juvenile Diversion Program and related programs in the southern office through this period.

Juveniles referred to our program by the court for law breaking will follow our juvenile diversion program through which they will become accountable for their actions and avoid escalation of unhealthy choices (the majority are drug involved) and lawbreaking leading to detention out of their communities.

Farnum Center has terminated a contract with USPPO to pursue opportunities for better market value of services with other treatment partners and possibly restructure arrangements with USPPO. Result of this move is a significant short-term loss.

Grant will allow the Center to offset significant, temporary, short-term loss while finalizing contracts with other partners.

Relocating NAMI NH's offices from the current overcrowded location to adequate space at below market rates accomplishes several objectives. It will provide needed privacy for those coming to seek information and referral, support continued programmactic growth, improve public awareness of NAMI NH, and facilitate public use of our lending library. Our expansion of program growth has resulted in increased staff sharing space, desks, telephones and file cabinets. Financial resources are directed to programs - we must focus on providing operational tools for staff to work effectively.

The grant is being requested to assist with funding our relocation. The grant funds will be used for items specific to public awareness, communication, and education. The equipment/furnishings will allow us to continue our programmatic work more effectively and accommodate the needs of our consumers and volunteers.

To maintain access for low income adults to community mental health services by making these services financially viable by developing a loan fund, enhancing financial case management, and improve client financial functioning.

The project will conduct a comprehensive study of the health of NH's community mental health system, which consists of ten regional community mental health centers, 11 regional peer support agencies, and a statewide network of family support organizations, in order to provide a basis for determining & soliciting adequate funding for the system, to identify opportunities to make the system more accessible and effective for the consumers of mental health services & to identify opportunities to achieve cost ef

To leverage funds which have now become available that will enable us to start up an adolescent injury prevention program at six pilot sites.

A campaign to promote helmet use among teens, who have the highest risk for traumatic brain injury of all age groups, yet the lowest rate of helmet use.

To convene a statewide conference, Expand Your Vision: Hire the Visually Impaired. to begin the process of opening doors to economic independence for many visually impaired residents by providing an opportunity for employers, consumers and service providers to work and learn together about employment barriers for visually impaired individuals and how they can be overcome.

To help fund personnel costs, including consultants and meeting costs, to develop through a series of planning activities a sustainable plan for a regional, coordinated transportation system to access primary, secondary, and tertiary health care in the Twin Rivers and Lakes Region.

To conduct a survey, needs assessment and evaluation to determine current gaps in services to victims of domestic and sexual violence, training needs of professionals who work with victims, and the effectiveness of the Governor's Commission's multi-disciplinary responses.

To create the 2003 KIDS COUNT New Hampshire Decennial Edition Data Book.

To carry out service projects while receiving leadership training in public service in local NH communities with underserved populations), to include students from UNH and the Franklin Pierce Law School in projects related to EFH themes and to fund a one year fellowship at each school.

The project will organize a planning process that will develop a proposed model for an integrated dental services administrative support system for commonly administered operational functions of the dental service program for participating CHC members; to develop a model of health services integration for oral health status screening and education for selected at-risk populations (prenatal and children).