Awarded Grants

To improve the educational and community outcomes of youth with emotional and behavioral challenges in New Hampshire as they transition from adolescence to adult life by building the capacity of community mental health centers to train and coach their staff to implement the RENEW model, assist the centers to build strong linkages with schools and community agencies, and continue to facilitate a leadership process to problem solve around funding, implementation, and administrative barriers that prevent full implementation and access to high-quality transition services for youth with emotional and behavioral challenges.

To improve behavioral health outcomes and access to care at Newport Middle High School by integrating behavioral health services at a school-based health clinic.

To provide the tools for improving quality of life and wellness in the physically-disabled, wheelchair using population of New Hampshire by creating 1) a safe and accessible fitness environment in multiple communities 2) a peer-driven, grass roots wheelchair exercise program 3) a peer support, networking group that shares health promotion and disease prevention information.

To deepen national and regional New England media understanding of the intricate and dynamic world of medicine and health care, with an emphasis on the overall health system and special problems facing low-income and uninsured individuals and families.

To ensure that individuals and small business leaders in NH have adequate understanding of the new health law as well as Medicare and Medicaid to support adequate implementation of the law by providing education and training opportunities.

To strategically position organizations and teams NH to utilize Collective Impact strategies to move beyond collaboration and transform communities by offering a learning institute presented expert thought leaders.

To expand diversity within the nursing workforce and nursing education faculty in NH by promoting awareness of the nursing profession among youth from diverse cultures and supporting underrepresented populations to earn a Master

To develop a common understanding among policy makers about (1) the issues associated with aging and long-term care needs and the potential impact of those issues on New Hampshire's health and (2) the role that policy makers can play in advancing the efforts for a more balanced system of care for the aging population and future needs of long term care services by convening aging thought leaders and stakeholders to identify factors influencing the future of the long term care system in New Hampshire, identify policy implications and gaps, and propose policy solutions, and educate the New Hampshire legislature about those issues and opportunities.

To enhance the capacity of NH's leaders and organizations by providing resources to support national and statewide learning opportunities and funding for grant writers.

To improve the health and well-being of the refugee population in Laconia by 1) conducting health education and outreach, 2) building capacity and a local network of cultural competency trainers in the health care system, and 3) developing a team of volunteers to help address the basic health needs of newly-arrived refugees while promoting self-sufficiency and integration.

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 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.