Awarded Grants

To improve the mental health of NH's children and their families by convening a children's mental health collaborative of diverse interests, establishing a baseline of knowledge among participants, developing a statewide, comprehensive, strategic plan, and broadly disseminating it.

To ensure quality advocacy, nonprofit capacity building and knowledge development for the health system in NH in order to improve the health of NH residents by sustaining the general operations of key NH nonprofits.

To ensure quality advocacy, nonprofit capacity building and knowledge development for the health system in NH in order to improve the health of NH residents by sustaining the general operations of key NH nonprofits.

To assure that NH residents have a clear understanding of the new health reform law and are trained and mobilized to ensure successful implementation of the law at the state level by providing training and the support of a community organizer.

To assist with the search and hiring of a new Executive Director for NAMI NH by utilizing the services of a consultant to train the Leadership Transition Planning Committee in behavioral interviewing techniques.

To promote the effective implementation of federal health reform in New Hampshire by providing support to key groups and stakeholders foster collaboration and information sharing and to develop needed knowledge and technical capacity.

To increase public awareness and general knowledge about autism spectrum disorders by producing a 5-part investigative series on New Hampshire Public Radio.

To create and implement a targeted, multi-year business and action plan for the start-up of the University of New England School of Dental Medicine. The project mobilizes both internal UNE resources and external regional collaborators and culminates in the successful admission of students to the school in 2011.

To promote a consistent, high quality children's mental health workforce in NH by developing a comprehensive and concrete set of common core competencies for direct service and supervisory level staff within the community mental health system and New Hampshire Hospital.

To provide a more comprehensive level of care by enhancing care for co-occurring disorders in the substance use disorder treatment.

To ensure quality advocacy, nonprofit capacity building and knowledge development for the health system in NH in order to improve the health of NH residents by sustaining the general operations of key NH nonprofits.

To create a strategic plan for the Manchester Health Department which integrates the 2009 Greater Manchester Community Needs Assessment, the Greater Manchester Community Health Improvement Plan and the operational capacity of the Manchester Health Department by engaging internal and external stakeholders, reassessing the Department's mission and vision, setting 3-5 year strategic goals and developing a framework for implementation.