The University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension in Durham received a two-year $65,000 grant from the National 4-H Council to address public health concerns in New Hampshire. This funding comes from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The Well Connected Communities (WCC) Grant will assist staff in creating a systems approach to health programming with a focus on food access in Coös County, food access/food-related health disparities in Strafford County and substance misuse and prevention in Sullivan County.
Three community coalitions in these counties will create an action plan and part of the process will include engaging youth.
Extension Field Specialist Heidi Barker is serving as the principal investigator and project manager for the grant.
“UNH Extension sees the WCC project as a way to meaningfully build capacity in the areas of community engagement, youth-adult partnerships, and health-oriented volunteer development,” said Barker.
Health programming will be unique to each community and will be determined based on the Community Change Cycle.
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