Awarded Grants

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.

To improve immigrant integration and advance health equity by providing the most current research, policy analysis and other resources necessary to effectively address the challenges facing newcomers and their host communities.

This research project uses a mixed-method approach to analyze the extent of racial/ethnic diversity in NH's healthcare workforce and the role of social networks in influencing employment and advancement opportunities; and will inform policy recommendations for employers, workforce development leaders, educational institutions and others.

To promote health and equity and address health disparities in NH by developing the NH Health & Equity Partnership, focusing on strengthening partnerships through advancing leadership, enhancing knowledge, and fostering networking and collaboration.

Nursing Quest Summer Camps will offer camp experiences to minority campers and promote awareness of the nursing profession among youth from diverse cultures and ultimate expand diversity within the future nursing workforce.

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 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 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.