Awarded Grants

To successfully develop a fundable plan to implement Phase I (a mobile dental clinic) of the North Country Oral Health Plan by having clinical and nonclinical work group members along with Medicaid, site visit the model, develop a business plan and other tasks.

To assure the availability and accessibility of health care services to the vulnerable and underserved residents of the geographic service area of the Ammonoosuc CHC by sustaining the operations of the Ammonoosuc CHC in the event that supplemental State of NH Medicaid funds are not received.

To improve the awareness and knowledge of the New England public and policymakers regarding critical health issues especially those affecting the poor and the uninsured by developing a fellowship for journalists in New England to improve the media coverage of such health issues.

To develop and implement in collaboration with the NH Nursing Board a web based survey of the NH nursing work force, analyze the responses, to disseminate the results and to develop a sustainability plan to continue the longitudinal collection of this data utlizing this survey.

To provide long-term medications to low income people in Belknap, Carroll and Strafford counties using a volunteer model.

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 collaboratively develop analytic and policy tools to provide the State of New Hamsphire and its constituents a better understanding of the underlying barriers to access to primary health care in NH.