Awarded Grants

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.

To continue to develop shared identity among stakeholders and strengthen knowledge within the field of elders through convening stakeholders, providing training and undertaking research.

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.

The NH Business Acumen Project will advance the readiness of NH Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to partner with integrated healthcare entities by assessing current status and needs, providing technical assistance through experts and training materials that address those needs, and establishing a community forum for CBOs to meet on a regular basis.

To build the communication capacity of among stakeholders across ME and NH for a more productive public narrative on aging by contracting with the FrameWorks Institute to develop and conduct in-person and on-line training in Reframing Aging.

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

To expand the Endowment for Health

To continue our media partnership with the state's largest newspaper by underwriting a second year of coverage on aging using the practice of solutions journalism to raise public awareness of and community engagement about promising approaches that create age-friendly communities in New Hampshire.

To provide policy makers a more concise understanding of the service demands on the elder care safety net and level of unmet need by simulating national data, analyzing NH Medicaid claims and service utilization data, and surveying DHHS contractors about uncompensated care.

To shed light on the problems facing families and paid caregivers in the Granite State by producing a local program as a companion to a national documentary on the same topic.

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 older adults of color into a collective impact approach to address elder health in New Hampshire, by using Photovoice to engage communities of color and language minorities and elicit their perspectives and experiences of aging in New Hampshire.