Awarded Grants

To conduct a comprehensive, statewide study of the early childhood education (ECE) workforce in New Hampshire.

To actively engage a diverse base of stakeholders in promoting the importance of investing in early childhood by enhancing Spark NH's public awareness capacity.

To reduce fragmentation, uneven quality and inequity in early childhood programs and services by developing recommendations for a state-level early childhood governance system

To create a sustainable family medical leave insurance program by providing additional data and analysis on the economic modeling to ensure a successful program design

To engage NH pediatric and family care practices to identify and respond to adverse childhood experiences/social determinants of health among families with young children by developing a set of recommendations to shape a quality improvement project.

To increase stakeholder knowledge about and alignment with the Spark NH Framework for Action at the state, regional and local levels by hosting a conference.

To strengthen the early childhood field's shared identity by providing core operating support to Spark NH, the early childhood advisory council

To strengthen the field of early childhood by strategically supporting technical assistance to leverage funding from federal sources and national or regional funders.

To build the capacity of NH Family Resource Centers to adopt national standards of practice by supporting certification and recertification training, adding a train-the-trainer, and professional development associated with the National Trainer Summit

To raise awareness about the impact of adverse childhood experiences with a focus on primary care providers by supporting a keynote speaker.

To strengthen the early childhood field by supporting research needed to inform policy decisions.

To encourage alignment, coordination and promotion of best practices across all early childhood initiatives in the state by facilitating a community of practice.