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List of Awarded GrantsYour search returned 109 grants as shown below.
1: Riverbend Community Mental Health
| Project: | Evaluation of Use of Health Buddy Technology among People with Severe Mental Illness (SMI) with Co-Morbid Chronic Medical Illness | | Sub Title: | Researching the effectiveness of home monitoring devices to improve mental health outcomes and physical health | | Grant Type: | Applied Research Grant | | Amount: | $25,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | 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.
| | Detail: | To help fund research assistant and nurse. |
2: University of New Hampshire
| Project: | Community Food Security in New Hampshire | | Sub Title: | Examining access to and affordability of nutritious food in New Hampshire's communities | | Grant Type: | Applied Research Grant | | Amount: | $36,095 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To examine food access and affordability at the community level in New Hampshire and the extent to which dietary-related illness is associated with reduced access to healthy foods by conducting a research study about the availability of quality, affordable food across the state. | | Detail: | To fund staff and related research costs. |
3: New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies
| Project: | Analysis of NH School-Based Mental Health | | Grant Type: | Applied Research Grant | | Amount: | $62,625 | | Grant Date: | March 17, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To enhance our understanding of the provision of mental health services within NH's schools by conducting a comprehensive analysis of the contractual relationships between schools and community mental health centers and by surveying a sample of school districts | | Detail: | To fund staff salaries, contracted expenses, and communication and report development. | | Outcomes: | A study was released by the NH Center for Public Policy Studies in April 2009, providing the first comprehensive assessment of the mental health services system provided by NH schools. The research, which combined school and school district surveys and interviews with community mental health centers statewide, analyzes how the system is administered and funded, the mental health conditions driving the system, the services it provides and how the system evaluates child mental health outcomes. |
4: Antioch University New England
| Project: | Rural Integrative Care | | Sub Title: | Promoting integration of behavioral health services and primary care in rural New Hampshire through evaluation and public policy | | Grant Type: | Applied Research Grant | | Amount: | $112,054 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | Claremont HSA, Lebanon HSA, New London HSA | | Description: | To support and improve 'real-world' rural integrative care projects, create a model for evaluating integrative care, and advance integrative health care policy in NH by designing four local evaluation plans, a cross-site evaluation plan, and piloting local evaluation at one site through systematic cycles of program evaluation, reflection, and improvement. | | Detail: | To fund salaries and consultant costs associated with local and cross-site evaluation design. |
5: National Alliance on Mental Illness-New Hampshire
| Project: | Frameworks Youth Suicide Prevention Project | | Sub Title: | Evaluating the impact of community-based efforts to prevent youth suicide and to promote early access to mental health treatment | | Grant Type: | Applied Research Grant | | Amount: | $163,817 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | Berlin HSA, Exeter HSA | | Description: | To improve understanding of how to effectively reduce youth suicide (up to age 24) and to increase the earlier use of mental health care services of youth and their families by testing the effectiveness of anti-stigma messages, collecting and analyzing data to demonstrate that Frameworks is an evidenced based youth suicide prevention practice.
| | Detail: | To fund staff salaries and travel expenses, consultant costs, community research partner stipends, and data collection tools. |
6: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
| Project: | North Country Palliative Care Collaboration | | Sub Title: | Improving systems for compassionate and coordinated end-of-life care for North Country residents | | Grant Type: | Convening Grant | | Amount: | $20,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | Berlin HSA, Colebrook HSA, Lancaster HSA, Littleton HSA | | Description: | 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. | | Detail: | To support convening costs for a conference/seminar. |
7: Plymouth State University
| Project: | Central New Hampshire Eating Disorder Conference | | Sub Title: | Eating disorder education and prevention strategies for health care, mental health and school professionals | | Grant Type: | Convening Grant | | Amount: | $9,450 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To educate and enhance the skills of health care and mental health professionals, and school personnel to work with individuals who suffer from eating disorders and body image issues by convening a conference. | | Detail: | To fund keynote speakers and related conference costs. |
8: University of New Hampshire
| Project: | Improving NH's Health Care Delivery for Children with Disabilities | | Sub Title: | Increasing provider capacity to address the medical needs of NH's children with disabilities through film and dialogue | | Grant Type: | Convening Grant | | Amount: | $30,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | 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.
| | Detail: | Funds will be used to support staffing and event expenses for screenings and discussions of the documentary film, Including Samuel. |
9: Grafton County Senior Citizens Council, Inc.
| Project: | Mindful Things: Exploring Memory Loss Through Science and Art | | Sub Title: | Educating seniors, families and providers on memory loss issues and Alzheimer's disease | | Grant Type: | Convening Grant | | Amount: | $5,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 3 months | | Area(s): | Claremont HSA, Lebanon HSA | | Description: | 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. | | Detail: | To support stipends for the lecturers and artists facilitating the program. |
10: National Alliance on Mental Illness-New Hampshire
| Project: | Mental Illness Awareness Week | | Sub Title: | Addressing issues of stigma and discrimination affecting access to mental health care for youth involved with the juvenile justice system | | Grant Type: | Convening Grant | | Amount: | $4,000 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 5 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To reduce stigma associated with mental illness, a barrier to seeking treatment, by hosting a forum on juvenile justice and mental illness. | | Detail: | To fund costs associated with the keynote speaker and facility space for the forum. | | Outcomes: | conference was held on October 7, 2008 and featured keynote speaker Joseph Cocozza, Director of the National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice and a panel discussion comprised of cross- disciplinary leadership in juvenile justice and mental health. Over 200 professionals participated indicating cross-disciplinary interest in the issue and support for needed systems change. |
11: New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits
| Project: | NH Nonprofit Leadership Summit | | Sub Title: | Convening leaders to share ideas that build and sustain the future leadership of NH's nonprofit community | | Grant Type: | Convening Grant | | Amount: | $5,000 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 3 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To build the unity of the nonprofit sector and strengthen its understanding of what and how leadership is developed and the leadership opportunities and challenges of the future for the nonprofit community by convening nonprofit leaders, foundation community, and business partners for a 2008 Nonprofit Leadership Summit. | | Detail: | To fund a project director who will coordinate the planning, marketing, development, and evaluation of the 2008 Statewide Nonprofit Summit. |
12: Bi-State Primary Care Association
| Project: | 2008 Primary Care Conference | | Grant Type: | Convening Grant | | Amount: | $800 | | Grant Date: | April 11, 2008 | | Duration: | 1 month | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To improve coordination and integration of patient care at community health centers and community mental health centers by providing access to affordable educational workshops for their staff.
| | Detail: | To support speaker fees and related conference costs. |
13: Bi-State Primary Care Association
| Project: | Leadership and Management Development Curriculum | | Grant Type: | Convening Grant | | Amount: | $25,922 | | Grant Date: | December 17, 2007 | | Duration: | 9 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To develop the next generation of Community Health Center and primary care leaders who will deliver comprehensive primary and preventive care services to medically-underserved and geographically, culturally and linguistically isolated persons by establishing the curriculum for a leadership development program. | | Detail: | To build the next generation of health center leaders by creating the curriculum for and piloting a sustainable Leadership and Management Development program. |
14: University of New Hampshire
| Project: | Healthcare Transparency to Support System Change | | Sub Title: | Examining healthcare costs and utilization from adverse drug events | | Grant Type: | Data Grant | | Amount: | $23,560 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care in New Hampshire by quantifying the cost and utilization of care caused by adverse drug events using a research methodology modified from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. | | Detail: | To support staff, contracted services and related costs for a study on adverse drug events in Maine and New Hampshire, and to provide investment into a data analysis platform for the commercial healthcare claims data sets of the NH Comprehensive Health Information System. |
15: NH Women's Policy Institute
| Project: | Identifying Barriers to Care for Women Aged 55 to 64 | | Sub Title: | Examining care provision and financial barriers to health for pre-retirement-age women | | Grant Type: | Data Grant | | Amount: | $19,500 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 10 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | The goal of the project is improve understanding of care provided to women in NH aged 55 to 64, the financial and other barriers they face in accessing care, and potential policy options to alleviate those barriers. | | Detail: | To fund staff time to analyze administrative data, conduct interviews with stakeholders, produce a report on the findings, and work with advocacy groups to disseminate findings. |
16: New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition
| Project: | NHMHC Conference Scholarship | | Grant Type: | Discretionary Grant | | Amount: | $1,079 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 1 month | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To increase awareness on how to sustain Community Health Worker project by attending a conference. | | Detail: | To fund conference expenses. |
17: Grantmakers in Health
| Project: | Rural Health Issue Dialogue | | Grant Type: | Discretionary Grant | | Amount: | $5,000 | | Grant Date: | August 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 4 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To educate and inform the health grantmaking community as well as selected policymakers and members of the media; highlight best practices in grantmaking; expose a broad cross-section of staff from other foundations to the work of leading grantmakers working on issues of rural health; and stimulate interest among health foundations in this area of work. | | Detail: | To help fund development of background paper and Issue Brief Report. |
18: Autism Society of New Hampshire
| Project: | ASNH Strategic Planning and Infrastructure | | Grant Type: | Discretionary Grant | | Amount: | $7,500 | | Grant Date: | August 12, 2008 | | Duration: | 4 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To transform the Autism Society of NH from a grassroots organization that provides autism awareness and education to one that consistently advocates within community, medical, legislative, and educational settings and on behalf of families and individuals by developing an organizational capacity building plan. | | Detail: | To fund costs associated with the development of a Strategic Plan including a facilitator and related Board meeting expenses. |
19: Avis Goodwin Community Health Center
| Project: | Cost Report analysis and assistance | | Grant Type: | Discretionary Grant | | Amount: | $5,000 | | Grant Date: | June 20, 2008 | | Duration: | 1 month | | Area(s): | Dover HSA | | Description: | To help assure the financial stability of the CHC by implementing a tool to prepare and monitor Medicaid cost reporting. | | Detail: | To fund consulting services. |
20: New Hampshire Council of Churches
| Project: | Collaborative Interfaith Health Care Reform Meeting | | Grant Type: | Discretionary Grant | | Amount: | $500 | | Grant Date: | May 14, 2008 | | Duration: | 1 month | | Description: | To develop leadership in the faith community for advocacy on health system reform by supporting participation in a national 'summit' discussion of role of faith community in policy issues. | | Detail: | To support NH participation in a national inter-religious discussion on health system reform with funds for travel, registration and lodging. |
21: New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits
| Project: | CCAT Organizational Assessment Scholarship Fund | | Grant Type: | Discretionary Grant | | Amount: | $3,500 | | Grant Date: | May 14, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To provide access to research-based tools for nonprofits to better understand their operational strengths/weaknesses, assess their internal capacity needs, and plan strategically for their future. | | Detail: | To establish a scholarship fund for healthcare-related nonprofits to access the Core Capacity Assessment Tool (CCAT) |
22: Androscoggin Valley Hospital
| Project: | AVH - Adapting to Change Proposal | | Grant Type: | Discretionary Grant | | Amount: | $10,000 | | Grant Date: | March 17, 2008 | | Duration: | 7 months | | Area(s): | Berlin HSA | | Description: | To better meet the health needs of the AVH service area by better understanding care-seeking patterns in the community. | | Detail: | To support consulting services and related expenses. |
23: Franklin Pierce Law Center
| Project: | Creating a Plan for a State Fiscal Analysis (SFAI) in New Hampshire | | Grant Type: | Discretionary Grant | | Amount: | $15,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To develop and lead an effective workgroup to create a NH SFAI implementation plan. | | Detail: | To fund staff salaries. |
24: Center for Law and Social Policy
| Project: | Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity | | Grant Type: | Discretionary Grant | | Amount: | $20,000 | | Grant Date: | December 17, 2007 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To call national attention by foundations in all states to the issue of poverty during the 2008 presidential campaign and beyond by promoting a national debate. | | Detail: | To fund a portion of salary, consultant and other expenses. |
25: Children's Alliance of New Hampshire
| Project: | Challenge Match for Development/Accounting Software | | Grant Type: | Discretionary Grant | | Amount: | $10,000 | | Grant Date: | January 17, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To improve the fundraising capacity of the Children's Alliance as well as fiscal management by obtaining software systems and training. | | Detail: | To provide matching funds to purchase fundraising and fiscal management software including staff training. |
26: The Way Home
| Project: | Reducing Barriers to Access Health Services | | Grant Type: | Discretionary Grant | | Amount: | $8,107 | | Grant Date: | May 14, 2008 | | Duration: | 4 months | | Area(s): | Manchester HSA | | Description: | To empower and strengthen the role and participation of African women and girls in reducing health disparities by removing or reducing some of the social and cultural barriers to access health services. | | Detail: | To fund technical assistance for conducting a needs assessment and developing training for African women serving as community health coordinators. |
27: UJIMA Collective
| Project: | Undoing Racism Workshop training | | Grant Type: | Discretionary Grant | | Amount: | $1,000 | | Grant Date: | October 03, 2007 | | Duration: | 1 month | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | Work towards building community consensus that can address both institutional and internalized social-cultural barriers that contribute to racial and ethnic health disparities by convening a multi-racial, multi-cultural group of community residents and social and human service providers for a 2.5 day 'Undoing Racism' workshop. | | Detail: | To fund workshop registration scholarships ($250 each) for four grassroots community members. |
28: Hillsboro-Deering School District
| Project: | Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School Dental Screening and Treatment Program | | Grant Type: | Discretionary Grant | | Amount: | $5,000 | | Grant Date: | October 31, 2007 | | Duration: | 8 months | | Area(s): | Concord HSA | | Description: | This project will begin a dental screening and treatment program for elementary school children in the Hillsboro-Deering School District by contracting with a licensed dental hygienist. | | Detail: | To fund contracted services and supplies |
29: Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital
| Project: | EMS Transition Work | | Grant Type: | Discretionary Grant | | Amount: | $16,000 | | Grant Date: | July 14, 2008 | | Duration: | 3 months | | Area(s): | Colebrook HSA | | Description: | To assure the availability of essential health services by providing assistance with project management consulting for transition of EMS services from hospital to new organization. | | Detail: | To support Project Manager. |
30: Wellesley College
| Project: | National Child Traumatic Stress Network Funding Opportunity | | Grant Type: | Discretionary Grant | | Amount: | $1,100 | | Grant Date: | July 14, 2008 | | Duration: | 6 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To improve the mental health of refugee and non-English speaking minority youth through the creation of trauma informed systems of care by conducting a needs assessment utilizing community dialogue strategies. | | Detail: | To fund consultant costs. |
31: Capitol Center for the Arts
| Project: | 'Wrecked!' | | Grant Type: | Discretionary Grant | | Amount: | $1,363 | | Grant Date: | February 19, 2008 | | Duration: | 1 month | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To broaden public awareness of the personal and policy issues around intergenerational substance abuse through the presentation of the award winning drama 'Wrecked' at the Capitol Center for the Arts. | | Detail: | To supplement funding for the presentation of school series and mainstage performances of 'Wrecked' |
32: New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition
| Project: | Managing Major Change Part II | | Grant Type: | Discretionary Grant | | Amount: | $1,800 | | Grant Date: | May 01, 2008 | | Duration: | 5 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To sustain the staffing and management changes that occurred last year at NHMHC by hiring two administrative consultants who will support the new Management Team as they implement the fiscal and administrative changes that were identified as being needed as part of last year's Managing Major Change Iniative. | | Detail: | The funds will be used to hire two consultants to support NHMHC's new management team of Executive Director Brenda Marotto and Business Manager John Jauhola-Straight. First, $1,800 will be spent to hire Timothy D. Nichols, CPA, MBA of JMT Consulting Group, specialists in SAGE MIP Fund Accounting Software to assist with the setting up of new organization segment codes and chart of accounts with NHMHC's accounting software that will more accurately capture and report the organization's fiscal health and eliminate delays with future audit reports. Another $8,200 is being requested to hire an Executive coach to support and mentor the Executive Director as she designs and implements some of organizational changes that need to be implemented as a result of the institutional and structural weaknesses that were identified and experienced during last year's Executive Director hiring process |
33: New Hampshire Coalition to End Homelessness
| Project: | First Communities: Strategy to End Homelessness | | Grant Type: | Emergency Grant | | Amount: | $40,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To maintain full time leadership and to ensure a plan for long term sustainability of the NH Coalition to End Homelessness by providing emergency operational funding for one year. | | Detail: | To fund the salary of the Executive Director |
34: Mid-State Health Center
| Project: | Emergency Operational Funding | | Grant Type: | Emergency Grant | | Amount: | $20,000 | | Grant Date: | January 24, 2008 | | Duration: | 1 month | | Area(s): | Plymouth HSA | | Description: | To provide emergency support for essential community provider. | | Detail: | To provide support during a cash shortfall for the CHC. |
35: Indian Stream Health Center
| Project: | Emergency Funding in Support of Indian Stream Health Center, Colebrook NH | | Grant Type: | Emergency Grant | | Amount: | $75,000 | | Grant Date: | November 27, 2007 | | Duration: | 3 months | | Area(s): | Berlin HSA, Colebrook HSA, Lancaster HSA, Littleton HSA | | Description: | To assure the availability of primary care services n northern Coos County by developing a long-term sustainability plan for the Indian Stream Health Center. | | Detail: | To provide partial support of ISHC's anticipated shortfall in revenues vs. expenditures between October 1 and December 31, 2007. |
36: New Hampshire Legal Assistance
| Project: | NH Legal Assistance
| | Sub Title: | Health-related legal advocacy for NH's vulnerable and underserved populations | | Grant Type: | Operating Grant | | Amount: | $25,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | 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 piloting the use of core operating support to sustain key NH nonprofits. | | Detail: | To provide non-earmarked operating funds to NH Legal Assistance, a key NH advocacy organization regarding the health of NH's population. |
37: National Alliance on Mental Illness-New Hampshire
| Project: | Sustaining the National Alliance on Mental Illness | | Sub Title: | Building capacity and advocacy to support and improve NH's mental health system | | Grant Type: | Operating Grant | | Amount: | $25,000 | | Grant Date: | July 14, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To ensure quality advocacy, knowledge development and nonprofit capacity building for the mental health system which supports NH's children and their families by providing core operating support to sustain key related NH nonprofits. | | Detail: | To provide non-earmarked operating funds to the National Alliance on Mental Illness New Hampshire, a key advocacy and knowledge building organization, as a strategy to improve the mental health of NH's children and their families. |
38: Leadership New Hampshire
| Project: | Sustaining Leadership NH
| | Sub Title: | Building a community of informed and civically engaged leaders in NH | | Grant Type: | Operating Grant | | Amount: | $10,000 | | Grant Date: | July 02, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To build a community of informed leaders in NH by increasing civic engagement and strengthen communities through connecting and educating a diverse pool of engage or emerging leaders about the State of New Hampshire. | | Detail: | To provide operating funds to insure the diversity in class composition by eliminating financial barriers for health related candidates whenever applicable. |
39: New Hampshire Public Health Association
| Project: | Sustaining NH Public Health Association
| | Sub Title: | Strengthening the state's public health policies and infrastructure | | Grant Type: | Operating Grant | | Amount: | $25,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 0 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | 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 piloting the use of core operating support to sustain key NH nonprofits.
| | Detail: | To provide non-earmarked operating funds to NH Public Health Association, a key NH knowledge building and advocacy organization regarding the health of NH's population. |
40: New Hampshire Public Radio
| Project: | Sustaining New Hampshire Public Radio | | Grant Type: | Operating Grant | | Amount: | $25,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 0 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | 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 piloting the use of core operating support to sustain key NH nonprofits. | | Detail: | To continue to provide non-earmarked operating funds to NH Public Radio, a key NH knowledge building organization regarding the health of NH's population. |
41: New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition
| Project: | Sustaining the New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition | | Sub Title: | Health-related knowledge development and advocacy for NH's minority populations | | Grant Type: | Operating Grant | | Amount: | $25,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 0 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | 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 piloting the use of core operating support to sustain key NH nonprofits. | | Detail: | To continue to provide non-earmarked operating funds to NH Minority Health Coalition, a key NH advocacy and knowledge building organization regarding the health of NH's population. |
42: Franklin Pierce Law Center
| Project: | Sustaining the Institute for Health, Law & Advocacy
| | Sub Title: | Developing best practices for health-related advocacy in NH | | Grant Type: | Operating Grant | | Amount: | $25,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 0 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | 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 piloting the use of core operating support to sustain key NH nonprofits. | | Detail: | To continue to provide non-earmarked operating funds to the Institute for Health, Law & Ethics, a key organization in health-related knowledge development and advocacy in NH. |
43: New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits
| Project: | Sustaining the NH Center for Nonprofits | | Sub Title: | Developing nonprofit capacity and empowering the state's nonprofit leaders | | Grant Type: | Operating Grant | | Amount: | $25,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 0 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | 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 piloting the use of core operating support to sustain key NH nonprofits.
| | Detail: | To continue to provide non-earmarked operating funds to the New Hampshire Center for Non-profits, a key NH capacity building organization. |
44: New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies
| Project: | Sustaining the NH Center for Public Policy Studies
| | Sub Title: | Research and analysis that deepens understanding of NH's health care system | | Grant Type: | Operating Grant | | Amount: | $25,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 0 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | 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 piloting the use of core operating support to sustain key NH nonprofits.
| | Detail: | To continue to provide non-earmarked operating funds to the NH Center for Public Policy Studies, a key organization in knowledge development for the health care system in NH. |
45: Children's Alliance of New Hampshire
| Project: | Sustaining the Children's Alliance of NH | | Sub Title: | Advocating for New Hampshire's children and their families | | Grant Type: | Operating Grant | | Amount: | $25,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 0 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | 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 piloting the use of core operating support to sustain key NH nonprofits. | | Detail: | To continue to provide non-earmarked operating funds to the Children's Alliance of NH, a key NH advocacy organization regarding the health of NH's children and their families. |
46: Trustees of Dartmouth College
| Project: | Improving Outcomes for NH's Neglected and Abused Children | | Sub Title: | Planning for research-based interventions within NH's family courts and child welfare system | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $30,903 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 6 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To integrate better evaluation and more effective treatment for high risk young children into the NH family court and child welfare systems by planning to pilot a research based intervention within two family courts. | | Detail: | To fund costs associated with planning including project coordination, consultant costs, travel and meeting expenses. |
47: University of New Hampshire
| Project: | Creating an Online Health Town Square for New Hampshire | | Sub Title: | An online forum to educate policy makers and the public about health care reform efforts in New Hampshire | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $18,952 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 4 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To assist in efforts to create a high-quality cost-effective health system in New Hemispheric by conducting planning and feasibility of a dynamic and comprehensive web-based catalog of health systems improvement efforts and a vehicle for public dialogue. | | Detail: | To provide support for staffing, consultants and related expenses. |
48: Tri County Community Action Program, Inc.
| Project: | Northern New Hampshire Rideshare Project
| | Sub Title: | Reducing geographic barriers by improving rideshare options for healthcare employers | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $5,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 4 months | | Area(s): | Colebrook HSA, Littleton HSA, Berlin HSA | | Description: | To increase transportation options and lower costs for North Country health care employees /employers by identifying effective rideshare program opportunities. | | Detail: | To support consultant time and related expenses. |
49: University of New Hampshire
| Project: | Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Abused Children in NH | | Sub Title: | Enhancing the role of child advocacy centers | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $47,617 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To strengthen Child Advocacy Centers' capacity in every NH county to enhance linkages to evidence-based mental health services for child abuse victims by engaging key community stakeholders in a collaborative planning process and identifying best practices for helping parents access evidenced-based services. | | Detail: | The grant funds will be used for project staff time to identify best practices and conduct planning meetings. |
50: Granite State Organizing Project
| Project: | Souhegan Valley NEMT Project
| | Sub Title: | Planning for non-emergency medical transportation for the region's elderly, disabled and low-income residents | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $40,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | Nashua HSA | | Description: | 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. | | Detail: | Grant funds will be used to support GSOP's hiring of a staff person dedicated to the implementation of NEMT in the Souhegan Valley. GSOP will convene meetings of stakeholders and build broad community support for town funding of NEMT in the Souhegan Valley. |
51: Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital
| Project: | Coos County Hospital Collaborative
| | Sub Title: | Sustaining the region's health care system through an exploration of a multi-provider partnership | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $70,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 20 months | | Area(s): | Colebrook HSA | | Description: | To help assure the sustainability of the Coos County health care system by identifying how the three Coos County hospitals can most effectively collaborate to provide reasonable access to health care for Coos County residents, quality that meets appropriate benchmarks, and costs that are sustainable by businesses and individuals in the economically challenged county. | | Detail: | To support consulting and related costs |
52: Somali Development Center
| Project: | Coalition of African Organizations | | Sub Title: | Delivering more effective services to African immigrants and refugees in New Hampshire through strategic collaboration | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $28,665 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Description: | To create a comprehensive plan to improve collaboration among the Coalition members by hiring a consultant to assess the coalition's opportunities and challenges, outline a three-year strategic plan, negotiate conflict, and identify potential partners. | | Detail: | To fund consultant costs for strategic planning, travel for peer-to-peer exchange with other African coalitions and meeting expenses. |
53: Odyssey House, Inc.
| Project: | Planning a Continuum of Care For Adolescents With Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders | | Sub Title: | Developing the capacity to provide high quality, integrated treatment for youth with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $16,806 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 6 months | | Area(s): | Dover HSA, Exeter HSA, Portsmouth HSA | | Description: | To develop an integrated continuum of care for youth with co-occurring disorders in the Seacoast by convening local partners and stakeholders and developing a collaborative regional model to be implemented by partner agencies. | | Detail: | To fund costs associated with a consultant and convening local partners |
54: Elliot Hospital
| Project: | Southern NH Forensic Nurse Examiner Consortium | | Sub Title: | Improving access to medical/forensic health care services for sexually assaulted/abused individuals in Southern NH | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $25,920 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | Derry HSA, Massachusetts Border HSA, Nashua HSA | | Description: | To improve access to medical/forensic health care services for sexually assaulted/abused individuals in Southern New Hampshire by engaging in an effective and collaborative planning process with key community stakeholders. | | Detail: | To fund staff and consultants to conduct surveys and interviews of key stakeholders, to identify and document the scope and level of need for medical/forensic sexual abuse/assault services, and develop a plan to ensure trained examiners are available 24/7 to consortium hospitals. |
55: Community Council of Nashua
| Project: | Nashua School/Mental Health Collaborative | | Sub Title: | Planning for expanded school-based mental health services | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $19,557 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 9 months | | Area(s): | Nashua HSA | | Description: | To expand mental health services within the Nashua schools by conducting a needs assessment, coordinating a multi-stakeholder planning process, and creating a comprehensive plan. | | Detail: | To fund costs associated with a part-time staff person and consultant costs to complete planning outcomes. | | Outcomes: | The Greater Nashua Mental Health Center led a successful planning effort to increase access to children’s mental health care in four of Nashua School District’s Title I elementary schools. A comprehensive plan to co-locate mental health services was created by completing a needs assessment using parent and school personnel survey tools, and through facilitation of a Task Force involving mental health and school personnel. The project began to serve children during the grant period and will fully implement the comprehensive plan at the start of the next school year. A fifth elementary school will be also be added in September. |
56: Monadnock Family Services
| Project: | Schools and Mental Health: An Integrated Approach | | Sub Title: | A collaboration among schools, service providers and state agencies to strengthen school-based mental health care in the Monadnock region. | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $55,000 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 16 months | | Area(s): | Keene HSA | | Description: | To expand and improve comprehensive mental health services for students by strengthening linkages, cooperation, and collaboration protocols among schools, Monadnock Family Services, the state's Division of Children, Youth, and Families, and the state's Office of Juvenile Justice Services. | | Detail: | To fund consultant costs and meeting related expenses. |
57: Lutheran Social Services of Northern New England
| Project: | Native American Health Survey | | Sub Title: | Assessing the health care needs and concerns of NH's indigenous people | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $5,316 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To improve capacity to assess the health care needs and concerns of New Hampshire’s Native American Indian people by creating a research methodology and tool for gathering data.
| | Detail: | Funds will be used for meetings with stakeholders and for a consultant to develop a methodology and survey instrument. |
58: Developmental Services of Strafford County, Inc.
| Project: | Planning for Infant Mental Health Services in Strafford County | | Sub Title: | Developing the capacity to screen, assess and treat young children (birth to age 6) and their families in need of evidence-based behavioral health services | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $9,057 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | Dover HSA, Rochester HSA | | Description: | To develop a plan to screen, assess and refer young children (birth to age 6) and their families in need of evidence-based behavioral health services by working collaboratively with Strafford County pediatricians, child care providers and other key stakeholders to understand need and enhance knowledge. | | Detail: | To fund technical assistance, travel and office related expenses associated with planning and education. |
59: Weeks Medical Center
| Project: | The North Country Child Psychology/Psychiatry Project: A Planning Initiative | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $75,908 | | Grant Date: | March 17, 2008 | | Duration: | 15 months | | Area(s): | Lancaster HSA | | Description: | To develop a plan to increase the quality of children's mental health care by leading a community-based work group made up of executive officers and providers and by assisting in the planning and piloting of a model telepsychiatry intervention requiring collaboration between existing infrastructures. | | Detail: | To fund staff related expenditures associated with convening and facilitating the work of the two planning groups, and to assist in the telepsychiatry initiative. |
60: New England Network for Child, Youth & Family Services, Inc.
| Project: | Advancing Children's Mental Health Care | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $15,900 | | Grant Date: | March 17, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To create a comprehensive plan to improve the career development and retention of children's mental health counselors who provide front-line intervention to children with severe emotional disorders by conducting a needs assessment; identifying and engaging organizational partners; and developing a collaborative plan to deliver an integrated professional development system for front-line children's mental health counselors with NH service providers. | | Detail: | To fund staff responsible for overseeing the needs assessment, project design, and fund development planning components of this project. |
61: Council on Fund Raising New Hampshire (CONFR)
| Project: | The NH Grants Institute | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $11,095 | | Grant Date: | March 17, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To develop a plan for a New Hampshire Grants Institute by conducting a needs assessment, researching best practices, and developing, implementing and evaluating a pilot program. | | Detail: | To help fund general expenses as well as consultants. |
62: Seacoast Mental Health Center
| Project: | Increasing resiliency through after-school programs and mental health centers | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $21,802 | | Grant Date: | March 17, 2008 | | Duration: | 9 months | | Description: | To create a comprehensive statewide plan to build resiliency and increase overall mental health in youth through after-school programming by supporting a planning process and developing a training curriculum, technical assistance and evaluation resources. | | Detail: | To fund staff, consultant costs and travel expenses associated with the creation of a statewide plan and resource development. |
63: Rockingham Planning Commission
| Project: | Best Practices for Integrating Volunteer Drivers into Transit Brokerages | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $14,347 | | Grant Date: | December 17, 2007 | | Duration: | 6 months | | Area(s): | Dover HSA, Exeter HSA, Portsmouth HSA | | Description: | To identify Best Practices for integrating volunteer drivers into regional human service transportation brokerages, and develop an action plan for implementing these Best Practices in transportation coordination efforts ongoing in the southeast corner of the state. | | Detail: | To support surveying coordinated transit systems that have developed successful volunteer driver programs, analyzing the Best Practices, developing an implementation plan and related expenses. |
64: The Way Home
| Project: | Reducing Barriers to Access Health Services | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $28,184 | | Grant Date: | December 17, 2007 | | Duration: | 6 months | | Area(s): | Manchester HSA | | Description: | To empower and strengthen the role and participation of African women and girls in reducing health disparities by removing or reducing some of the social and cultural barriers to access health services. | | Detail: | To support convening of African women to create consensus around common concerns, training of community coordinators on health issues, and building of organizational structure and capacity. |
65: The Way Home
| Project: | Manchester Healthy Home Program Improvement Project | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $19,130 | | Grant Date: | December 17, 2007 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To strengthen The Way Home's organizational capacity to deliver Healthy Homes Services in the greater Manchester area by analyzing and documenting current services. | | Detail: | To fund staff and consultant to complete evaluation and documentation. |
66: New Hampshire Association for Infant Mental Health
| Project: | Mental Health Services for NH's Young Children and their Families: Planning to Improve Access and Outcomes | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $69,421 | | Grant Date: | March 17, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To improve outcomes for young children (birth to age six years) and their families by collecting data and developing and promoting a plan for a cohesive, integrated system of mental health services and supports founded on evidence-based and promising practices. | | Detail: | To fund personnel, consultant costs and office operations associated with data collection, analysis and development of a State Plan to improve access to mental health care for NH's young children and their families. |
67: New Hampshire Humanities Council
| Project: | Portraits of The New Americans | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $20,000 | | Grant Date: | December 17, 2007 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To promote improved integration of NH's increasing immigrant and refugee populations by developing a statewide humanities initiative focused on increasing knowledge and understanding of immigration nationally and in NH and promoting cultural exchange and understanding between and among newcomers and the NH's receiving communities. | | Detail: | To fund personnel, research and meeting costs for the planning period. |
68: Families First of the Greater Seacoast
| Project: | Strategic Business Planning | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $6,025 | | Grant Date: | December 17, 2007 | | Duration: | 8 months | | Area(s): | Portsmouth HSA, Exeter HSA | | Description: | To assure a sustainable programs and finances for Families First by developing a Strategic Business Plan that gives a compelling, realistic and sustainable vision for the future. | | Detail: | To provide partial funding for consultant costs for strategic planning process. |
69: University of New Hampshire
| Project: | Building on Strengths: Developing a Plan to Support Mental and Physical Health of Dover's Kids | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $28,905 | | Grant Date: | December 17, 2007 | | Duration: | 8 months | | Area(s): | Dover HSA | | Description: | To improve the mental health and well being of children, youth, and families in Dover by strengthening the ability of the Dover Kid's Cabinet to assess community needs, develop an integrated community approach, and sustain these efforts. | | Detail: | To fund staff salaries, benefits, consultant costs, and office operations associated with drafting a comprehensive needs assessment, facilitating a planning process, investigating data collection methods and software, identifying funding sources, and assisting in proposal preparation. | | Outcomes: | The UNH Center on Adolescence in partnership with the Dover Kids Cabinet conducted, documented and disseminated a comprehensive assessment which analyzed the mental health, educational and safety needs of children, youth and young adults in the community. This needs assessment led to the development of a community-wide plan and identification of potential funding sources. During the planning grant period, the Dover School District formally adopted the Kids Cabinet as a school committee and will continue to use the needs assessment and plan to guide its future work. |
70: New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition
| Project: | Health Education - Youth Empowerment | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $27,155 | | Grant Date: | March 17, 2008 | | Duration: | 6 months | | Description: | To improve health and access to health care services for African immigrant/refugee youth and their families by conducting a needs assessment, developing leadership skills among African youth and creating strategies to address the identified needs. | | Detail: | To fund salaries and other expenses related to conducting a needs assessment. |
71: Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission
| Project: | Sullivan County Community Mobility Project | | Grant Type: | Planning Grant | | Amount: | $12,930 | | Grant Date: | March 17, 2008 | | Duration: | 6 months | | Area(s): | Claremont HSA, Keene HSA, Lebanon HSA, New London HSA | | Description: | To improve community in Sullivan County by developing a transportation coordination pilot in Charlestown and by planning and developing a Regional Coordinating Council for transportation in Sullivan County. | | Detail: | To support staff, facilitation, and related expenses for the Community Mobility Project. |
72: New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits
| Project: | Creating Nonprofit Advocacy Capacity in NH | | Sub Title: | Advocacy education and support for nonprofits | | Grant Type: | Public Policy Grant | | Amount: | $40,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To provide nonprofit advocacy capacity in NH including access to advocacy education for nonprofits by developing nonprofit advocacy capacity with the NH Center for Nonprofits. | | Detail: | To collaboratively fund the start up costs of this new capacity. |
73: The Public Policy Institute
| Project: | Building an Effective Health Advocacy Network to Advance Public Policy in New Hampshire
| | Grant Type: | Public Policy Grant | | Amount: | $125,000 | | Grant Date: | December 17, 2007 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To help improve access to quality, affordable health care by developing a collaborative network of organizations, stakeholder groups and individuals to understand and advance public policy change on key health policy issues facing New Hampshire.
| | Detail: | To fund salaries, consultants, leadership stipends, and related expenses. |
74: Community Catalyst, Inc.
| Project: | New England Alliance for Children's Health | | Sub Title: | Protecting and expanding access to children's health care in New Hampshire and across New England | | Grant Type: | Public Policy Grant | | Amount: | $50,000 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 24 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To expand children's healthcare access and coverage in NH, the region and on the national level by working collaboratively with a wide-range of organizations on SCHIP reauthorization and implementation, engaging the business community in children's healthcare advocacy efforts, providing specific support to NH stakeholders to increase and protect children's healthcare coverage. | | Detail: | To fund staff, consulting services and related expenses for state work, business community outreach, and programmatic and organizational support including travel and a regional Summit. |
75: Child Health Services
| Project: | Lead Poisoning Prevention Collaborative | | Grant Type: | Public Policy Grant | | Amount: | $56,873 | | Grant Date: | December 17, 2007 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To reduce childhood lead paint poisoning in New Hampshire through a coordinated approach to improving NH's lead poisoning prevention policies by continuing to convene and expand a strong coalition of diverse interests, strengthening a lead paint prevention communications network, advocating for primary prevention and other sound policies, and engaging in other strategic activities designed to further primary prevention policy change in systems throughout the state. | | Detail: | To support a portion of the salary, benefits, costs of consultants and related program expenses for the policy advocacy activities of the NH Lead Poisoning Prevention Collaborative. |
76: Bi-State Primary Care Association
| Project: | Coalition for New Hampshire Oral Health Action | | Sub Title: | Advancing New Hampshire's Oral Health agenda through public policy | | Grant Type: | Public Policy Grant | | Amount: | $91,442 | | Grant Date: | July 10, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To advance oral health public policy in New Hampshire by promoting the Coalition for New Hampshire Oral Health Action's public policy agenda. | | Detail: | To fund staff salaries and other costs for the NH Oral Health Coalition. |
77: Franklin Pierce Law Center
| Project: | Crossing the Public Policy Divide | | Sub Title: | Enhancing the use of research, data and analysis to effect health-related public policy change | | Grant Type: | Public Policy Grant | | Amount: | $25,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To improve NH health stakeholders' capacity to navigate the public policy divide - the gap that exists between health-related data, research, analysis, and recommendations on the one hand, and the successful implementation of sensible public policies on the other - by providing practical and expert technical assistance. | | Detail: | To fund staff and other expenses. |
78: New Hampshire Public Health Association
| Project: | Implementing the NH Mental Health Plan | | Sub Title: | Transforming mental health in NH | | Grant Type: | Public Policy Grant | | Amount: | $50,000 | | Grant Date: | July 10, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To improve the mental health of the people of NH by leading the implementation of the statewide mental health plan, 'Fulfilling the Promise: Transforming New Hampshire's Mental Health System.' | | Detail: | To fund Mental Health Council Project Coordinator, transitional leadership and other associated costs. |
79: Endowment for Health
| Project: | Commission to Develop a Comprehensive State Mental Health Plan | | Grant Type: | Public Policy Grant | | Amount: | $33,500 | | Grant Date: | December 17, 2007 | | Duration: | 6 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To improve NH's mental health system by transitioning the legislative mental health commission from its planning phase to implementation.
| | Detail: | To fund consultant costs associated with the development of an infrastructure to implement the mental health commission's plan and activities and to educate policymakers about its recommendations. |
80: New Hampshire Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health
| Project: | Advocating Implementation of LEP Services for Injured Immigrant and Refugee Workers | | Grant Type: | Public Policy Grant | | Amount: | $10,000 | | Grant Date: | March 17, 2008 | | Duration: | 9 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To increase access to workers' compensation medical benefits for injured immigrant workers. | | Detail: | To support coordination of an effort to change policy of NH Department of Labor, which currently does not provide legal interpretation or other foreign language services to non-English speaking workers' compensation claimants. |
81: University of New Hampshire
| Project: | Sustaining NH's Health System - IV | | Sub Title: | Supporting the NH Citizens Health Initiative in its efforts to improve the 'systems' that finance and provide health care in New Hampshire | | Grant Type: | Public Policy Grant | | Amount: | $75,000 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To understand the impact of current trends of health care cost increases on the economy and the health care system of New Hampshire over the next decade by developing a research strategy and plan.
| | Detail: | To support staff and consultant activities and related costs associated with project implementation. |
82: New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies
| Project: | Understanding NH's Healthcare System: Structure and Finance | | Grant Type: | Public Policy Grant | | Amount: | $55,775 | | Grant Date: | March 17, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To enhance public understanding and public policy regarding health care access and finance by providing information and analysis to stakeholders in health care and health policy, including the Citizens Health Initiative and other groups working on health
| | Detail: | To support staff time and related expenses for policy and data analysis. |
83: Granite State Independent Living
| Project: | Granite State Independent Living Strategic Planning
| | Sub Title: | Technical assistance for GSIL to promote independent living and economic opportunity for persons with disabilities and the aging | | Grant Type: | Technical Assistance Grant | | Amount: | $6,000 | | Grant Date: | September 15, 2008 | | Duration: | 1 month | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To hold a GSIL Retreat that will update the Strategic Plan to incorporate emerging opportunities and challenges. | | Detail: | To cover the costs associated with providing accommodations for GSIL Board Members and Staff that require accommodations to fully participate in the event. |
84: Community Health Institute/JSI Research & Training
| Project: | Increasing Public Health Data Analysis Capacity | | Sub Title: | Understanding health statistics and risk predictions in small populations using Bayesian Spatial Modeling | | Grant Type: | Technical Assistance Grant | | Amount: | $21,156 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 6 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To develop increased data analysis capability of public health data by developing capacity to use Bayesian spatial modeling to assess uncommon events and small populations to make better predictions of risk and to make that information available to stakeholders and the public. | | Detail: | To support training, consulting, software purchase and related expenses. |
85: Health Strategies of New Hampshire
| Project: | Systems Dynamics Training as a Strategy to Address Complex Health System Challenges - Phase 1 | | Grant Type: | Technical Assistance Grant | | Amount: | $19,000 | | Grant Date: | April 21, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To help create lasting system change to improve the health and reduce the burden of illness for the people of New Hampshire by training health system stakeholders in the use of systems dynamics modeling to effectively address health system challenges. | | Detail: | To support consulting and convening costs and related expenses. |
86: Health Strategies of New Hampshire
| Project: | Financial Analysis of New Hampshire's Community Health Centers and Critical Access Hospitals | | Grant Type: | Technical Assistance Grant | | Amount: | $27,500 | | Grant Date: | April 21, 2008 | | Duration: | 7 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To improve the financial sustainability of New Hampshire's Community Health Center's and Critical Access Hospitals by developing a better understanding of their financial condition by updating a fiscal and economic analysis. | | Detail: | To support consulting costs and related expenses. |
87: New Hampshire Public Radio
| Project: | Building a State of the Art Web Platform and Securing Public Radio for New Hampshire | | Sub Title: | Ensuring the vitality of New Hampshire Public Radio in the new media marketplace to strengthen, educate and empower New Hampshire's communities | | Grant Type: | Technical Assistance Grant | | Amount: | $23,000 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 5 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To ensure NHPR will bring coverage of issues that matter to NH's future generations by deepening and upgrading their online service. | | Detail: | To fund consultants to work with organization to develop a roadmap to create and sustain a new 'nhpr.org'. |
88: NH Community Behavioral Health
| Project: | Electronic Medical Record Feasibility Study for NH's Community Mental Health Centers | | Sub Title: | Assessing clinical, financial, data analysis, and reporting needs | | Grant Type: | Technical Assistance Grant | | Amount: | $50,000 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 10 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To implement an electronic health record system across NH's community mental health centers by engaging in a comprehensive planning effort to understand the clinical, financial, data analysis, and reporting needs of stakeholders and developing recommendations. | | Detail: | To fund consultant costs associated with technical expertise. |
89: Mid-State Health Center
| Project: | Long Range Planning | | Grant Type: | Technical Assistance Grant | | Amount: | $8,000 | | Grant Date: | April 10, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | Plymouth HSA | | Description: | To assure long-range financial stability of the organization by procuring the services of a technical assistance provider. | | Detail: | To fund consultant and technical assistance. |
90: Indian Stream Health Center
| Project: | Development of a Long Term Sustainability Plan to Assure the continued delivery of primary care in Northern Coos County | | Grant Type: | Technical Assistance Grant | | Amount: | $12,000 | | Grant Date: | December 17, 2007 | | Duration: | 4 months | | Area(s): | Berlin HSA, Colebrook HSA, Lancaster HSA, Littleton HSA | | Description: | To assure the availability of primary care services n northern Coos County by developing a long-term sustainability plan for the Indian Stream Health | | Detail: | To fund consulting services and related expenses. |
91: White Mountain Community Health Center
| Project: | Space and Business Review | | Grant Type: | Technical Assistance Grant | | Amount: | $7,000 | | Grant Date: | November 26, 2007 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | Wolfeboro HSA | | Description: | To review the space needs of the health center for current and planned growth. To review business operations of the health center and make recommendations to improve business operations of the health center. | | Detail: | To fund consultant costs. |
92: Northeast Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
| Project: | Interpreter Referral Technology Project | | Grant Type: | Technical Assistance Grant | | Amount: | $18,000 | | Grant Date: | December 17, 2007 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To improve coordination of interpretation services and thus access to care for deaf and hard of hearing individuals by developing and implementing an online interpreter assignment system. | | Detail: | To primarily purchase software and support technical assistance from the software company. |
93: Health First Family Care Center, Inc.
| Project: | Long Range Planning | | Grant Type: | Technical Assistance Grant | | Amount: | $8,000 | | Grant Date: | December 17, 2007 | | Duration: | 6 months | | Area(s): | Franklin HSA, Laconia HSA | | Description: | To assure long-range financial stability of the organization by procuring the services of a technical assistance provider. | | Detail: | To fund consultant and technical assistance. |
94: Foundation for Healthy Communities
| Project: | Healthy Eating/Active Living Forum | | Grant Type: | Technical Assistance Grant | | Amount: | $50,000 | | Grant Date: | July 14, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To implement the Healthy Eating Active Living Plan for NH by creating for five years a 'home' to oversee this work as well as investments into community based projects which implement the plan. | | Detail: | To help fund the HEAL 'home', |
95: Community Health Institute/JSI Research & Training
| Project: | Public Health Regionalization in NH | | Sub Title: | Creating a public health system to deliver essential services throughout New Hampshire | | Grant Type: | Technical Assistance Grant | | Amount: | $49,313 | | Grant Date: | July 14, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To develop a performance-based public health delivery system, which provides all 10 essential public health services throughout New Hampshire. | | Detail: | To fund consultants to conduct in each designated public health region a financial analysis of public health funds, an assessment of national accreditation readiness, and an assessment of governance. |
96: Sullivan County Oral Health Collaborative, Inc.
| Project: | Sullivan County Oral Health Collaborative | | Grant Type: | Theme Implementation Grant | | Amount: | $145,000 | | Grant Date: | March 17, 2008 | | Duration: | 14 months | | Description: | To create a sustainable dental practice for preventative and restorative care that is accessible to all Sullivan County residents including the uninsured, underinsured and Medicaid eligible families. | | Detail: | To fund staff and office operations of new clinic. |
97: Strafford Learning Center
| Project: | Wraparound Infrastructure | | Sub Title: | Improving outcomes for children and families with complex mental health needs through a collaborative, team-based approach to service and support planning. | | Grant Type: | Theme Implementation Grant | | Amount: | $182,864 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 34 months | | Area(s): | Dover HSA, Rochester HSA | | Description: | To improve the outcomes of children with complex mental health needs by developing an infrastructure to implement a high-quality, measurable, and sustainable Wraparound process in Strafford County. | | Detail: | To fund staff related expenditures and costs associated with training wraparound facilitators, and implementing and sustaining the model in Strafford County. |
98: University of New Hampshire
| Project: | Building Capacity to Provide RENEW | | Sub Title: | A community-provider collaboration to assist youth with emotional and behavioral disorders as they transition from adolescence to adulthood. | | Grant Type: | Theme Implementation Grant | | Amount: | $216,423 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 26 months | | Area(s): | Concord HSA, Laconia HSA, Lebanon HSA, Nashua HSA, Manchester HSA, Keene HSA | | Description: | To improve the educational, community and health outcomes for youth with emotional and behavioral disorders as they transition from adolescence to adulthood by partnering with three community mental health centers and a residential facility to implement this research-based intervention and by overcoming the reimbursement and funding barriers to ensure system wide replication in NH. | | Detail: | To fund staff-related expenses and costs associated with training mental health center based clinicians. |
99: City of Nashua Division of Public Health and Community Services
| Project: | The Gateway City Health & Wellness Immigrant Integration Initiative | | Sub Title: | Promoting collaboration between Nashua’s municipal, social and health care agencies to better serve newly arriving immigrants and refugees | | Grant Type: | Theme Implementation Grant | | Amount: | $134,000 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 15 months | | Area(s): | Nashua HSA | | Description: | To reduce social and cultural barriers to health and well-being for immigrants and refugees in the City of Nashua by strengthening coordination among municipal, social and health care agencies to better serve new arrivals, empowering individuals to navigate various public systems and improving the provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate services. | | Detail: | To fund project staff, cultural brokers, technical assistance from national experts, data collection, and cultural competency training. |
100: Crotched Mountain Foundation
| Project: | Securing the Future of the Primary Care Medical Home | | Sub Title: | Improving primary care access and building practice capacity for coordinated care | | Grant Type: | Theme Implementation Grant | | Amount: | $189,532 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To improve the quality, effectiveness and availability of primary care for all New Hampshire residents by promoting primary care as a 'medical home' that provides patient-centered primary care and coordinates all other care. | | Detail: | To support staffing, consultants, and related expenses to implement the medical home model in a selection of diverse NH practices. |
101: Bonnie CLAC
| Project: | Bridging the Gap to Affordable Car Ownership | | Sub Title: | Increasing access to automobiles and financial counseling in order to increase economic opportunities for low-income families | | Grant Type: | Theme Implementation Grant | | Amount: | $75,000 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To meet the immediate transportation needs of more low-income and vulnerable NH residents and enable them to participate fully in Bonnie CLAC's compreshensive program by expanding Bonnie CLAC's fleet of cars for its Bridge Program and partially funding compensation of the Bridge Care Manager. | | Detail: | To support the purchase of cars for the Bridge Car program and partial funding of the Bridge Car Program Manager. |
102: Tri County Community Action Program, Inc.
| Project: | Carroll County Transportation Project | | Sub Title: | To develop a community transportation system in the County | | Grant Type: | Theme Implementation Grant | | Amount: | $71,550 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | Conway HSA, Plymouth HSA, Rochester HSA, Wolfeboro HSA | | Description: | To improve access to health and health care by continuing development of a regional transportation system for the Carroll County region. | | Detail: | To support staff and project expenses for year 1 of the project. |
103: Families in Transition
| Project: | Child and Family Mental Health Care at the Family Willows | | Sub Title: | Providing evidence based assessments and interventions to homeless children and their families to improve health outcomes | | Grant Type: | Theme Implementation Grant | | Amount: | $256,256 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 36 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To improve health outcomes of homeless families by integrating evidence based child and family mental health care into programming at the Family Willows. | | Detail: | To fund staff related expenditures and costs associated with implementation of evidence based curricula. |
104: Monadnock Community Hospital
| Project: | Contoocook Valley Transportation Cooperative | | Sub Title: | Developing transportation options in the region | | Grant Type: | Theme Implementation Grant | | Amount: | $65,631 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | Peterborough HSA | | Description: | To improve and develop mobility options for residents of the Contoocook River Valley through the development of regional and local organizational transportation infrastructure. | | Detail: | To provide support for staffing, office operations and related costs. |
105: Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission
| Project: | Sullivan County Community Mobility Project | | Sub Title: | A comprehensive plan to improve regional transportation services for the people of Sullivan County | | Grant Type: | Theme Implementation Grant | | Amount: | $48,640 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | Claremont HSA, Keene HSA, Lebanon HSA, New London HSA | | Description: | To support the development of a regional system to improve mobility services in Sullivan County. | | Detail: | To support staff, consulting and related expenses to develop a Regional Coordination Council for transportation in Sullivan County and to initiate coordinated services. |
106: PathWays of the River Valley
| Project: | Healthy Babies/Healthy Children | | Sub Title: | Integration of mental health, developmental and primary care systems for Upper Valley children and their families (birth to age 6) | | Grant Type: | Theme Implementation Grant | | Amount: | $112,665 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | Lebanon HSA | | Description: | To improve access to a full range of health care for children in the Upper Valley from birth to the child's sixth year by normalizing the inclusion of social/emotional wellness and supports in primary care settings and to increase the capacity of the early childhood mental health system to meet the needs of young children. | | Detail: | To fund staff salaries and consultant costs associated with implementation in two primary care settings, pediatric resident curriculum development at Dartmouth, and sustainability planning. |
107: Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester
| Project: | Manchester Sustainable Access Project (MSAP) | | Sub Title: | An integrated community health care network for the City of Manchester | | Grant Type: | Theme Implementation Grant | | Amount: | $239,947 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 12 months | | Area(s): | Manchester HSA | | Description: | To improve access to comprehensive health services for Manchester's most vulnerable residents by establishing a community health care network that will provide integrated oral health, mental health and primary care services. | | Detail: | To provide support for staff and related expenses for the integrated primary care clinic and expenses for expanded oral health capacity |
108: Foundation for Healthy Communities
| Project: | Cultural Effectiveness and Quality Health Care | | Sub Title: | Improving access to culturally and linguistically appropriate care | | Grant Type: | Theme Implementation Grant | | Amount: | $245,904 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 36 months | | Area(s): | State of NH | | Description: | To improve access to the quality of healthcare offered by New Hampshire hospitals and other providers by promoting cultural effectiveness within organizations and facilitating innovation to ensure delivery of culturally sensitive and appropriate care via the Medical Interpretation Advisory Board and a Cultural Awareness Healthcare Workgroup. | | Detail: | To fund project coordinator to facilitate and conduct project activities and consultants to enhance the coordinator's efforts. |
109: Strafford Network
| Project: | Transportation Brokerage For Strafford and Eastern Rockingham Counties | | Sub Title: | Coordinating transportation resources to improve access | | Grant Type: | Theme Implementation Grant | | Amount: | $175,936 | | Grant Date: | June 16, 2008 | | Duration: | 24 months | | Area(s): | Dover HSA, Exeter HSA, Portsmouth HSA, Rochester HSA | | Description: | To improve regional transportation services for people in Strafford and Eastern Rockingham Counties by coordinating transportation services offered by COAST and multiple human service transportation provider agencies. | | Detail: | To fund staffing and related costs related to implementing a transportation brokerage project in Strafford and Eastern Rockingham Counties. |
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