Awarded Grants

To advance a new Leadership NH curriculum that will 1) empower NH's leaders with knowledge and understanding of systemic discrimination and privilege that creates racial inequity in our state and 2) support them to develop skills to use their spheres of influence to create a more equitable NH.

To foster greater integration and social inclusion for new Americans in New Hampshire by creating communications tools and training that navigate the current public discourse on the issues of immigration and evoke new and positive thinking about our state?s increasing diversity.

To continue implementation of a federally funded initiative, Project Launch, by providing up to two months of project support until such time as state contracts are successfully approved by the Governor and Executive Council.

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

To reduce the number of babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome by implementing a prenatal substance abuse program, A New Life, for low-income drug-dependent pregnant women and their newborns.

To create a three to five year strategic and child abuse prevention plan to be implemented in 2017.

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

To create an effective Board of Directors by undertaking a board development project with a strategic consultant.

To create a thought provoking newspaper/web series on aging that engages the audience in learning about possible approaches and solutions to create age-friendly communities in New Hampshire by providing technical assistance on the practice of solutions journalism.

To help Rivier Success and Visionary Project (RSVP) students develop knowledge of varying cultures; to increase outreach to the greater Nashua community; to encourage team building, goal setting, problem solving and trust building; and to encourage students to consider diverse possibilities in the greater Nashua area for their future professional work by providing appropriate co-curricular activities that will serve to enhance their academic curriculum.

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 focus the mutually reinforcing activities of the NH H&EP and address the root causes of health inequities through the development and implementation of a common agenda and shared measures.