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A special legislative committee on the family division of the Circuit Court heard its first testimony Tuesday about the system and what should be changed through law or funding.
Gov. Chris Sununu released a report Friday showing how state and local officials handled abuse allegations involving Harmony Montgomery, the Manchester girl who has been missing for over two years since she was 5.
The Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester will get another $846,000 in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to help staff the facility for troubled youth as the state moves in 2023 to transition it to a more clinical-based model.
The Executive Council unanimously approved $15 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to purchase Hampstead Hospital, calling it the quickest fix and the best deal to address the emergency room boarding crisis for children in need of residential mental health care.
New Hampshire is violating the constitutional and statutory rights of older youth in foster care and putting children at severe risk of dangerous and tragic outcomes, according to a federal lawsuit filed by advocates for children’s rights.
The woman found dead in a Bodwell Road apartment last week along with her two-year-old son had been reported to the Division for Children Youth and Families for alleged child abuse, according to documents obtained by InDepthNH.org.
Gov. Sununu: ‘We are evaluating the possibility of utilizing outside counsel to thoroughly examine this issue to determine where the system broke down…”