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Kathy Roberge of Belmont had to spend her savings - including her work clothes - to pay for medical care for her fiancee. Dress for Success helped Kathy find professional clothes during a financially tough time.

Mindy Brent of Canterbury went to Merrimack Valley Day Care as a child; now she sends her son there for a caring, safe environment.

Miriam Swanson is a member of the Friends of the Nashua Symphony. She says the fact that a city of Nashua's size has an orchestra that plays regularly is "amazing."

Linda Day from Center Ossippee first went to the White Mountain Community Health Center as a pregnant teen. She learned coping skills that have helped her as a parent; now she teaches those same skills working at the center's teen clinic.

New Hampshire's Health and Human Service Commissioner joins us in the studio. Stephen has been making waves as of late with his plans to overhaul the state's Medicaid program. The Legislative fiscal committee voted recently to approve preliminary talks with federal officials on his plan. We'll talk with Commissioner Stephen about his plan as well as his other goals for the state's largest department. Laura's guest is John Stephen, New Hampshire's Health and Human Service Commissioner.