Plans to close New Hampshire's youth detention center are quickly taking shape, with a consultant due to submit a preliminary report in the next two weeks.
The two-year state budget that took effect last week includes a mandate to close the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester by March 2023.
But the Department of Health and Human Services didn't wait for the budget; it signed a $55,000 contract with Alvarez & Marsal Public Sector Services of Washington, D.C., on June 8.
The contract, paid for with federal pandemic aid, requires the consultants to deliver a draft closure plan by mid-July and a final report by August.
