Following its board’s months-long strategic planning exercise last year, the New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation is embarking on a new initiative to assemble and use data to advance the state of children’s health in New Hampshire. “The potential for this new body of work is exciting,” said foundation president Gail Garceau. “We anticipate the evidence-based […]
During the spring of 2022, the Foundation ‘s board participated in a multi-day strategic planning retreat and revised the Foundation’s mission statement, organizational vision, core beliefs, values and organizational goals. It continued its work through the fall with the creation of a new strategic plan. The Foundation’s aim with the new plan is to expand […]
With the inception of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), states had the option to expand eligibility for the public Medicaid health insurance program that serves low-income individuals and families. The federal government would pay 90 percent of the expanded program costs. Individual states were to cover the rest. Medicaid “Expansion” was accomplished by raising […]
All behavior is communication, but with children who have been traumatized, it can be difficult to know what they are saying. Through an innovative project, pediatric practices around the state are learning to decode what these children are saying. The Institute for Health Policy and Practice at UNH with expertise from the Children’s Hospital at […]
Alisa Druzba has been named the foundation’s first Director of Research and Community Impact. Her work will involve research and analysis of children’s health data, developing research insights for use in internal foundation planning and external stakeholder engagement, and convening the foundation’s external stakeholders to advance the state of children’s health in New Hampshire. She […]
Gather, a non-profit organization based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has been addressing hunger for over 200 years and is dedicated to making New Hampshire’s Seacoast a hunger-free community. Gather’s Meals 4 Kids (M4K) is a mobile program delivered in six locations that provides fresh and nutritious food for school-aged children who are eligible for Free […]
// Evaluation discovers our “out-sized impact” // The New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation was formed in 1997 using the proceeds from the merger of a nonprofit health insurance plan into a for-profit health insurance corporation. We have been operating now for 25 years. By law, we must distribute 5% of our financial assets each year. […]
A project designed and implemented by the New Hampshire Pediatric Improvement Project and funded by the New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation as part of its Childhood Adversity Systems Change Project// Research has demonstrated that Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) may have significant short and long-term effects on the health and well-being of children, adolescents and teens. […]
Letters of Inquiry accepted through August 30. // Our grant application process is open August 1 – 30 for projects that support these aspects of children’s health: Promoting oral health for children through age five and / or pregnant women. Improving access to community-level physical activity for young children and families. Improving participation in federal nutrition assistance programs […]
In 2019, the New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation implemented a directed grantmaking model aimed at strengthening protective factors and early intervention practices to prevent or ameliorate adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). One component of the model is the reduction of unintended pregnancy through increasing awareness and availability of all contraceptive methods so that people are empowered […]