Awarded Grants

To ensure the health and well-being of all students by improving school discipline policies on both a statewide and community basis.

To consider mission expansion by conducting an assessment and business plan for creating a Community Engagement Center/Thrift Store in Durham NH as an extension of its Wildcat Friends Program.

To create a more authentic learning experience for on-line and evening Early Childhood Education (ECE) students by using creative curriculum texts/materials and accompanying videos to enhance the on-line offerings.

To promote the well-being of older adults by providing free health screenings at the Senior Center.

To establish a statewide system for seriously ill, frail elders to have conversations with loved ones and health providers regarding goals of care and specific life sustaining treatments by having the patient's choices documented on a POLST form (medical orders) as the patient moves among different care settings before they die.

NH programs will become certified in the National Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening and Support leading to a shared identity and strong field.

To identify a coordinated, cost effective and manageable data collection and analysis platform that will allow members of the Coos Coalition for Young Children and Families to track and measure progress on identified indicators.

To more effectively assist those impacted by domestic and sexual violence in Strafford and Rockingham Counties by increasing organizational capacity and efficiency of A Safe Place and Sexual Assault Support Services through a merger.

To expand and strengthen the Connections adult literacy program by incorporating a writing component, developing new web-based resources, integrating instruction in the use of digital media to enhance the literary experience, and presenting companion programs which coordinate with other Council-conducted projects.

To recast the identity and image of the nonprofit sector in NH and mobilize leaders of the sector to effectively carry and deliver the new message by rebranding the sector and taking action to shift public perception of the impact of the nonprofit sector in NH.

To decrease the risk of people diagnosed as pre-diabetic from developing Type 2 diabetes by providing a Diabetes Prevention Program.

To improve access to oral health care for underserved populations by expanding the dental center, preferably in partnership with an area primary health care provider.