Awarded Grants

To foster healthy relationships among African parents and children in Manchester and Concord and increase parental involvement in their children's schools by piloting a culturally appropriate family support model based on national best practices and bridging relationships between schools and refugee families.

To improve outcomes for children with mental health needs who are currently in or are at-risk for out-of-home placement by piloting a high fidelity wraparound approach in Belknap County and by creating a financing mechanism to braid funding across child serving systems.

To provide integrated, family-centered care designed specifically to serve children and families facing the unique challenges presented by homelessness and co-occurring mental illness/substance abuse disorders by reducing common barriers to care faced by vulnerable families.

To ensure quality advocacy, knowledge development and nonprofit capacity building for the mental health system which supports NH's children and their families by sustaining the general operations of key related NH nonprofits.

To improve the educational and community outcomes of youth with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) in New Hampshire as they transition from adolescence to adult life by training professional staff members in the community mental health centers and other providers within the state mental health system to implement the RENEW model and facilitate a process to problem solve around funding, implementation, and administrative barriers that prevent full implementation and access to high-quality transition services for youth with EBD.

To improve access to and coordination of community transportation in the Plymouth/Grafton County region by providing matching funds for planning.

To enhance and strengthen the safety net of services to at-risk youth and families in New Hampshire by a strategic collaboration/merger between Familystrength and Goodwill Industries of Northern New England.

To deepen national and regional 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 provide nonprofit advocacy capacity in NH including access to advocacy education for nonprofits by developing nonprofit advocacy capacity within the NH Center for Nonprofits.

To improve the health of the people of New Hampshire and assure a high-quality, high-functioning, cost-effective health care system for all the residents of the state by convening and conducting multi-stakeholder efforts to create and sustain positive health systems change.

To promote resiliency, enhance coping skills and develop natural supports for young adults with serious mental health problems by providing evidence based treatment and promising practices within an integrated system of care.

To develop community participation and commitment to transportation coordination in the region buy supporting a symposium and planning session.