Awarded Grants

To enhance capacity of NH’s leaders and communities to advance Health and Racial Equity by working collaboratively within and among specific sector groups, such as Civic Engagement, Economic Development, Education, Government, Health, and Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice. To identify challenges and needs within these and other sectors, and determine actions and next steps to address these challenges, based on initial work stemming from the Inaugural Symposium on Race & Equity in NH.

Build a community of informed leaders in NH to increase civic engagement and strengthen communities through connecting and educating a diverse pool of engaged, or emerging, leaders about the State of New Hampshire.

To ensure quality advocacy, knowledge development and nonprofit capacity building leadership for the mental health system which supports NH's children and their families by providing operating support.

To improve the behavioral health of NH's children and their families by implementing a collective impact initiative based on the statewide Plan, Transforming Children's Behavioral Health Care.

To create an advocacy structure that will serve as the foundation for achieving critical, multi-issue policy goals and provide training and mentoring to the field, thereby enhancing strategic leadership and advocacy capacity in critical organizations.

To create more trauma-informed school districts by planning a pilot of the Miss Kendra Curriculum in two SAUs

To advance a regional approach to address the challenges and opportunities presented by an aging Northern New England by providing learning opportunities, facilitating opportunities for networking and encouraging cross-sector collaboration among municipal, policy, advocacy and business leaders working across Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

To engage college and high school students to become race ambassadors in their communities and on campuses by participating in a daylong forum and training on talking about race.

To improve access to social service resources by providing a user friendly website.

To conduct research on, and convene key stakeholders about, state health plans used to support improved health policy decision-making.

To strengthen the public health workforce by providing network and interview training through the Rising Stars program.

To enhance the public’s understanding of key issues by improving the quality of communication materials used to promote economic opportunity and prosperity for all New Hampshire residents.