Awarded Grants

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.

The UNH Center on Aging and Community Living (CACL) will advance a collective impact approach and a shared vision for elder friendly communities in NH by providing core back bone support to the NH Alliance for Healthy Aging

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

To continue to develop shared identity among stakeholders and strengthen knowledge within the field of elders by convening stakeholders for planning, training and consensus building.

To increase awareness of the need to shift thinking around planning, design and development of our communities to accommodate our changing needs as we grow older, and to introduce ideas and tools that communities might use to address them through a statewide Plan NH conference.

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

Use research, dissemination and dialogue to increase awareness about the changing demographics of New Hampshire and the implications for the demand for services by the growing population over the age of 65, and to increase public policy attention regarding the financial status of the safety net supporting frail and low income elders in the state.

To strengthen the field of elder health by strategically supporting technical assistance to leverage funding from federal and/or other national and regional funding sources.

To support age-friendly communities through an expanded transportation dialogue, a stronger transportation advocacy network and a policy change agenda for increased and diversified transportation options for community members, particularly older adults.

To continue to develop shared identity among stakeholders and strengthen knowledge within the field of elders by convening stakeholders for planning, training and consensus building.

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.