Awarded Grants

Printing & distribution of 2000 copies of How to Get what You Need in NH; a Resource Guide for People Living with Chronic or Life-threatening Conditions. The 32-page resource guide, currently available via the Chronic Disease Information Services website in PDF format, would be distributed through NH AHEC offices & programs, & community health centers in NH. Additional materials describing supplementary resources available for free to health care providers & their patients, will be distribution.

A Medical History will be a 3-year project serving communities in Northern NH. Pontine Theatre, in collaboration with writer, Paul Mroczka, and the Dartmouth Hitchcock Alliance will utilize theatre to raise public awareness about issues of social, cultural and geographic barriers to accessing health and health care in Northern NH.

In an effort to continuously improve the quality of care provided to Manchester's neediest residents, we oftentimes find ourselves in need of various upgrades to older medical equipment and space. Regulations change periodically as related to the requirements of medical treatment, staffing, infection control issues, etc. MCHC has been successful in remaining in compliance on necessary regulations as relate to services offered. Our treatment room does not comply with acceptable medical standards.

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 develop, implement and evaluate 1) a web-based health data query system for NH and 2) training and educational materials that promote and support the community health improvement process in NH reflecting community input from the work of the Empowering Communities with Data project to date.

To examine multi-community data for select protective and risk factors within the various levels of the ecological model of NH youth (i.e., youth,family,school and community) looking at data separately for males and females.

Project will ensure local access to health and human services and support through family resource centers in every community in NH by creating a pilot model which provides local access to DHHS and contracting providers; supports and advocates for people navigating the service system; and facilitates civic dialogue, leadership development, mutual aid and the development of new or existing local supports and services and work with DHHS and Network NH to develop a statewide replication plan.

To forge strategic alliances, plan & complete a community health assessment, & initiate discussion with key stakeholders around solutions to the problem of an absent public health infrastructure & to develop the methodology to allow it to make a long-term commitment to partner communities in the Gr. Derry area to create a professionally staffed, organizational entity whose responsibility is to fulfill the obligations of a local public health department in the form of a regional cooperative health district

Created to work on developing a plan to meet the transportation needs of this region, RTC evolved into a provider of demand/response transport services to the isolated, frail and elderly. In the 2001/2002 project year, RTC became involved through a DOT grant, in a planning activity to assess need and develop a broad solution for transit services in this region in cooperation with the Regional Planning Commission of Southern NH, Rockingham County and Nashua. As the study process unfolds, with the first report expected in October, diminishing resources for operating expenses have forced the Council to eliminate the single paid position and dedicate all resources to service delivery and implementing study recommendations when available. At a critical point in furthering the efforts to design a creative system of transportation for local communities, the Regional Transportation Council is seeking immediate emergency assistance for the Endowment for Health leveraged with committed resources from the Alexander Eastman Foundation and the Community Transit Association of American to sustain the organization as the solution develops and support that activity.

At the end of September will receive the recommendations of the Regional Planning Commission study of transportation needs in this region. It is expected that recommendations will include creation of a simplified call center for coordination of paratransit vehicles across 11 communities, as well as the first steps towards creating a regional transit authority through NHDOT. CTAA, RTC will work to implement the recommendations of the Regional Planning Commission study as agreed to by stakeholder participants through year-end. such activities will include stakeholder buy-in, model planning and fund development. through-out the period, the Council will continue to provide demand/response transport services to the frail and elderly of the area as solution development unfolds.