Foundation funds a resource to help communities plan play spaces for everyone // Since 1979, the Special Needs Support Center of the Upper Valley has been a pillar in the disability community of New Hampshire and Vermont’s Upper Valley. Originally focused on advocacy and programming for adults and youth with disabilities, the Center expanded […]
2024 marked a significant transition in the evolution of the New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation. After more than 20 years of project-based responsive grantmaking, we expanded to consider awards for general operating support. Grants may now be made to organizations that demonstrate a commitment and ability to sustain or advance an area that we consider […]
Waypoint’s recently retired advocacy director Keith Kuenning, has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the Sandi Van Scoyoc Legacy Award. During his 13 years of public policy work, Kuenning championed policies and programs that directly improved the lives of vulnerable children and families. His innovative and thoughtful approach to advocacy drove important initiatives addressing long-standing challenges in […]
by Gail Garceau and Alisa Druzba NH BULLETIN Feb. 3, 2025 — As the biannual state budget debate unfolds, Gov. Kelly Ayotte and legislative leaders are signaling anticipated declines in state and federal revenues. This will necessitate belt-tightening across sectors, impacting agencies, schools, and services reliant on public funding. As we all know, expectations for […]
The New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation has created an online resource to help stakeholders in the field, policy makers and others to gain an understanding of the top conditions that drive children’s health in New Hampshire. The newly launched Dashboard may be viewed at dashboard.nhchildrenshealthfoundation.org. An instructional video about the Dashboard may be viewed here.
The health of children from birth to age 17 depends on external factors affecting their physical, mental, and social well-being. These factors include socioeconomic status, access to quality education, family dynamics, neighborhood safety, and community resources. All significantly influence a child’s overall health and development. Over the past two years the New Hampshire Children’s Health […]
In our 2024 Fall grant round, the New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation has provided general operating support to ten organizations. Our shift to general operating support demonstrates the demand for resources needed for day to day operations by New Hampshire nonprofit agencies and organizations. Awards were made based on the applicant’s commitment and ability to […]
Beginning in 2023, the New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation provided funding for Trauma Responsive Communities (TRC) in four areas of the state. One of these grantees, Capital Region Early Childhood Coalition, had already spent more than five years collaborating with various partners, including schools, police, mental health providers and social service agencies. These cross-sector relationships […]
Objective data supports effective public policy / / The nonprofit New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute (NHFPI) aims to provide unbiased information for state policymakers. Based in Concord, it has a staff of six, including long-time research director Phil Sletten, senior policy analyst Nicole Heller, and policy analyst Jess Williams. Gene Martin is NHFPI’s executive director. […]
In January 2023, New Hampshire Children’s Health Foundation initiated a multi-year project known as Trauma Responsive Communities (TRC) in four New Hampshire locations. This update, the second in our series, highlights the work of Trauma Responsive Monadnock whose service area encompasses the Monadnock Region in southwestern New Hampshire. The core of the Trauma Responsive Monadnock […]