Awarded Grants

To demonstrate outcomes of integrated care at Families First and sites throughout NH by developing, in consultation with program-evaluation experts from Antioch University, an evaluation plan for the new integrative behavioral/primary health program at Families First, and a statewide cross-site evaluation.

To improve the communication and coordination of health policy discourse by providing an opportunity for communications training and collaborative dialogue.

To improve the capacity among NH health care professionals for appropriately addressing the health care needs of children with disabilities and their families by convening health care professionals for a series of film screenings and dialogues.

To evaluate the effectiveness on utilization of services and health status including mental health- both subjective and objective, of the Health Buddy technology (home telemonitoring) in people with severe mental illness who also suffer from a co-morbid medical condition and live in a community setting.

To sustain financial management changes by retaining a consultant to assist with the setting up of new accounting software.

To improve systems for providing compassionate end-of-life and palliative care for North Country residents by developing a collaborative model of care among the region's hospitals, hospice and home care providers, and academic medical center.

To support the operations of Health Strategies to implement the Endowment for Health's work as an organization to advance leadership, foster networking and collaboration, enhance knowledge and support the NH safety net.

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 educate the public about the immediate need to address the workforce shortage in home care by analyzing survey data and publishing a white paper.

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 remove geographic barriers to health care through creation of a multi-stakeholder Working Group that will raise funds for and implement a pilot year of NEMT. Data from the pilot year will be used to create the political will for and support the case for permanent funding, including funding from SV towns, to support an ongoing program.

To improve understanding of issues relating to memory loss and Alzheimer's disease among seniors and their families, social service workers, and the medical community by offering a series of writing workshops, dramatic performances, and lectures.