Awarded Grants

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 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 strengthen nonprofit organizational capacity by assessing the nonprofit organization's effectiveness in relation to four core capacities

To improve specialty medical care for rural populations served by critical access hospitals and the financial viability of the institutions that serve them by the design and implementation of Bundled Payments pursuant to the CMMI bundled payment initiative.

To inform and guide the policy debate on NH's transportation system through a broad based coalition of organizations and a public messaging campaign.

To implement the NH Healthy Eating/Active Living (HEAL) Plan by establishing and sustaining a lead organization to coordinate the implementation and to support communities to implement the Plan.

To provide a workshop to introduce to those NH nonprofits unfamiliar with federal grants, or those with limited or disappointing experience, with the basics about approaching a federal agency or department for a discretionary/competitive grant, formula/block grant, cooperative agreement, or contract.

Development of a video documenting the accomplishments of Leadership New Hampshire over its first 20 years, showing through interviews with a representative sample of its 600+ graduates their experience of going through the program and the lasting impact of it as evidenced by their increased civic engagement.

To advance inclusion and immigrant integration by convening a conference for cross-fertilization and knowledge sharing across New Hampshire's regions, while also offering concrete learning opportunities of best practices for formal and informal helpers who make immigrant integration happen in our state.

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 health and mitigate hospital readmission of Medicare-eligible adults with multiple chronic illnesses by conducting planning, in partnership with the Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging, to explore an innovative role for paraprofessionals and volunteers in an Accountable Care Organization.