Awarded Grants

To improve awareness of and response to the needs of NH children with emotional/behavioral challenges by disseminating a documentary film and educational materials on best practices, engaging stakeholders in dialogue, conducting public education through on-line and multi-media outreach, and educating policymakers and administrators to inform systems change.

To enhance advocacy and supportive services for children exposed to violence in their homes by training advocates in local domestic violence service programs using a national trauma-informed curriculum.

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.

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 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 ensure delinquent and CHINS youth receive the mental health, educational and other services they need by providing civil legal services in collaboration with courts, juvenile services officers, public defenders, mental health providers, schools and other key organizations serving children and youth.

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 enhance system practice and performance and improve outcomes for youth in NH's juvenile justice system, many of whom have unmet behavioral health needs, by conducting a process evaluation

To enhance system practice and performance and improve outcomes for youth in NH's juvenile justice system, many of whom have unmet behavioral health needs, by conducting an analysis of NH's juvenile justice system.

To help adjudicated youth in Sullivan County build positive, productive futures and to reduce the need for expensive residential placement by providing a range of community-based targeted interventions using a wraparound approach.

To build awareness for the importance of early childhood development in the future physical, mental and behavioral health of children by hosting a conference Invest in Coos Kids in May 2011.

To provide technical assistance and support in the preparation of a grant application to the US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration under its Cooperative Agreements for Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program.