 Medical
Homes in New Hampshire
This page is designed to keep you informed about events
and activities happening in New Hampshire that will help improve
access to medical homes for children with special health care
needs (CSHCN).
Click on a topic below to learn more about what's
going on in New Hampshire
Click
here for state funding opportunities
Medical Home Initiatives
This section provides information
on state medical home initiatives/programs. States that
are a part of the mentorship
network will have a "Promise to the State"
which outlines how they will achieve ensuring that all children
have a medical home by 2010. This is based on the Healthy
People 2010 goals which is a 10 year action plan to
achieve and
measure
success for all CSHCN.
New Hampshire Medical Home Contact:
Name: Elizabeth Collins, RN-BC, MS
CSHCN Director/Administrator of Special Medical Services
Contact: Phone: (603) 271-8181| Email: ecollins@dhhs.state.nh.us
The Medical Home Project for Children with Special Health Care Needs
A yearly state contract from Special Medical Services, the Title V Program has been awarded to the Center for Medical Home Improvement since October 2007. It is entitled "The Medical Home Project for Children with Special Health Care Needs". The focus for the contract will include the following activities: a statewide medical home advisory, statewide medical home planning; development of a Medical Home registry; creation of policy regarding medical home development; and provision of technical assistance to medical practices working on the development of medical homes.
Medical Home Resources and Tools
Center for Medical Home Improvement: www.medicalhomeimprovement.org
New location: Crotched Mountain Foundation- 1 Verney Drive-Greenfield, NH 03047
The mission of the Center for Medical Home Improvement (CHMI) is to establish and support networks of parent/professional teams to improve the quality of primary care medical homes for children and youth with special health care needs and their families.
CMHI efforts have included a successive series of Medical Home development efforts with practices in New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and across the country including three Medical Home projects, validation of Medical Home measurement tools, and leadership for the national Medical Home Learning Collaborative offered in collaboration with the National Initiative for Children's Health Quality (NICHQ).
Related Grant Initiatives
This section provides information
on current state grants that are working on medical home
initiatives. This includes the grant abstract as well as
key contacts for the grant.
HRSA Maternal and Child Health Bureau State Implementation Grant for Integrated Services for CSHCN: the President's New Freedom Initiative. 5-1-06 through 4-30-09 Integrated Community Systems for CYSHCN at the Hood Center for Children and Families
Purpose: Build a culturally competent integrated service system for NH CSHCN by increasing medical home providers ability to provide comprehensive cae through an external consultation model. Building on current transition planning work to optimize youth representation in transition planning within the State.
IIdentifying key State medical, and community leaders to build a sustainable system that is incorporated into the planning and implementation of State systems with strengthened partnerships between public and private initiatives and payors.
For more information on this training, please contact Program Manager, Beth Pearson at Elizabeth.Pearson@dartmouth.edu
Healthy Tomorrows Partnership
for Children Grants 2005-2010
Good Beginnings Home Visiting Network
Expansion Project
Valley Regional Healthcare, Inc. Claremont, NH
Purpose: The goals of this project are to promote
healthy pregnancy and birth outcomes; to promote a healthy,
safe and nurturing environment for children; and to enhance
the families’ life course and development. The target
population for this project is uninsured families who do
not have access to the full array of preventive healthcare
services available to others in our community. Click
here for more information on this project.
For more information on the Healthy
Tomorrows Grant Program click
here. For
more information on this HTPCP project, please e-mail your
name, address, telephone, and fax numbers with your specific
request to healthyt@aap.org.
Partners in
the State
This section provides information
on who in the state (individuals and agencies) are working
together to create medical homes for children.
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Chapter:
www.nhps.org/default.htm
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
Chapter: www.nhafp.org/
Title V Block Grant to States
Title V of the Social Security Act is one of the largest
Federal block grant programs. It leads the nation in ensuring
the health of all mothers, infants, children, adolescents,
and children with special health care needs (CSHCN). Title
V is administered by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau
(MCHB) as part of the Health Resources and Services Administration,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Title V and Children with Special Health Care
Needs
MCHB Objective: Support development and
implementation of comprehensive, culturally competent,
coordinated systems of care for the estimated 18 million
U.S. children who have or are at risk for chronic physical,
developmental, behavioral or emotional conditions and
who also require health and related services of a type
or amount beyond that required by children generally.
MCH Contact:
Patricia Tilley
Administrator II
Address: 29 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-271-4526 |Fax: 603-271-4519
Email: ptilley@dhhs.state.nh.us
CSHCN Contact:
Elizabeth Collins
Administrator II
Address: 29 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-271-8181 | Fax: 603-271-4209
Email: ecollins@dhhs.state.nh.us
Early Hearing Detection & Intervention
(EHDI) Contact(s):
State EHDI programs promote universal newborn hearing screening,
develop effective tracking and follow-up as a part of the
public health system, promote appropriate and timely diagnosis
of the hearing loss, prompt enrollment in appropriate Early
Intervention, link newborns to a medical
home and strive to eliminate geographic and financial barriers
to service access.
Name: Ruth Fox; RN, MS
Contact: Phone: 603-271-1037 | Fax: 603-271-4519
| E-mail: rfox@dhhs.state.nh.us
Family-Centered Early Supports and Services/Part C Coordinator:
The Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities
(Part C of IDEA) is a federal grant program that assists
states in operating a comprehensive statewide program of
early intervention services for infants and toddlers with
disabilities, ages birth through age 2 years, and their
families.
Name: Carolyn Stiles, Part C Coordinator/Program
Specialist
Contact: Phone: (603) 271-5122 | Fax:
(603) 271-5166 | Email:
cstiles@dhhs.state.nh.us
Web Site:
nhdds.org/programs/famchild/earlysupports/
Section 619/ Preschool Grants Program of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This program
provides free appropriate public education (FAPE) for children,
ages 3 through 5 years, with disabilities:
Name: Ruth Littlefield, 619 Coordinator
Contact: Phone: (603) 271-2178 | Fax:
(603) 271-1953
Email: rlittlefield@ed.state.nh.us
Website:
www.ed.state.nh.us/education/doe/organization/instruction/bose.htm
State Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC) Chairs:
The ICC advises appropriate agencies on the unmet needs
in early childhood special education and early intervention
programs for children with disabilities, assists in the
development and implementation of policies that constitute
a statewide system, and assists all appropriate agencies
in achieving full participation, coordination, and cooperation
for implementation of statewide system.
Name: Deborah Bennis, ICC Chair
Contact: Phone: (603) 679-1453 | Email:
bennistrio@aol.com
State Resources on the Internet
Note: The information provided on the state pages was submitted
by the state medical home teams.As this is not an exhaustive
list, please let us know if you have additions for your
state resource page. You can contact us at: medical
home@aap.org.
Last Updated
November 11, 2008
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