Awarded Grants

To increase the capacity of the Healthy Aging field to implement Reframing Aging tools and recommendations in NH.

Advance a shared vision for age friendly communities in NH through a collective impact approach by providing backbone support to the NH Alliance of Healthy Aging.

Build the momentum of multiple healthy aging initiatives underway in NH by convening a statewide conference on aging that offers cross-initiative learning, encourages collaboration, and fosters partnerships.

To build advocacy capacity to advance the priorities and strategies of the New Hampshire Alliance for Healthy Aging and its partners.

The NH Business Acumen Project will advance the readiness of NH Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to partner with integrated healthcare entities by monitoring the current public funding environment, assessing current CBO status and needs, and addressing such needs through technical assistance and training through experts and training materials.

To improve and enhance NH's long term-care system by informing and educating policy makers with an analysis of data regarding home and community based-care services and staffing.

To expand the Endowment for Health’s ability to leverage local, regional and national ideas and funding, through enhanced relationships with those in the field of philanthropy focused on healthy aging.

To build the communication capacity among stakeholders across ME and NH for a more productive public narrative on aging by contracting with the FrameWorks Institute to conduct training and support a learning community in Reframing Aging.

To increase support for unpaid, family caregivers by 1) supporting caregivers to self-identify, 2) engaging more medical providers in caregiving conversations and 3) engaging employers in discussion about caregiver-friendly workplaces.

To create a stronger base of engaged and informed community leaders advocating for the health and well-being of older people by building an alumni network of graduates of the NH Senior Leadership Program.

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 communicate, disseminate, and act upon the results of a Photovoice project to share perspectives on the experience of aging, as expressed by older adults from communities of color in New Hampshire, with the broader field of elder health.