Awarded Grants

To implement a more efficient and effective community transportation system for citizens of the State of New Hampshire by making live a coordinated computerized Transportation Coordination Service System that will enable: (1) single regionalized points of contact for citizens looking for information on available transportation services and schedule rides; and (2) coordinate transportation service provision through a regional RTC, which will allocate scheduled trips to participating providers, establishing and streamlining common eligibility determinations, claims processing, and data management functions.

To improve regional transportation services for people in Strafford and Eastern Rockingham Counties by coordinating transportation services offered by COAST and multiple human service transportation provider agencies.

To create a Center of Excellence for Culturally Effective Care (COECEC)within Manchester Community Health Center by
1-institutionalizing best and model practices of a culturally effective organization (language access, Race Ethnicity and Language (REaL) data , cultural competence, and workforce diversity),
2-creating capacity for leading and teaching quality improvement efforts to address health disparities,
3-and implementing a Community Health Worker (CHW) pilot project with a targeted cohort from two patient populations that experience a higher prevalence of health disparities.

To improve access to pharmacy assistance for uninsured or underinsured individuals by extending the Unused Medication program statewide and by forming a new entity that will manage and sustain the program into the future.

To improve the availability of and access to high quality early childhood mental health supports and services for NH's young children (aged birth to six) and their families by creating and implementing a state early childhood mental health competency system for NH professionals serving this population and by collaborating with the NH Early Childhood Advisory Council on systems building.

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 sustaining the general operations of key related NH nonprofits.

To provide trauma-informed services to children exposed to violence in their homes and the non-offending parent by developing a cohort of trauma-informed advocates and providing training and technical assistance to member agencies.

To raise the quality of NH

To provide civil legal services and engage in systemic advocacy for low-income delinquent and CHINS youth to ensure that they receive the mental health, educational, and other services they need to prevent delinquent behavior and involvement with the juvenile system.

To better manage the needs of low income residents in the Greater Milford community by developing a holistic view of the demographic and economic profile of the service area and by inventorying and evaluating existing service providers and resources.

To 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 continue to increase the knowledge and advocacy skills of NH small business owners and individuals regarding quality, affordable health care policy issues at both state and national level.