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The state plan lays out initiatives and goals for the next year, including placing a renewed emphasis on improving mental health resources and support across New Hampshire.

State-run health care facilities are still struggling to fill vacancies for nurses and mental health workers.

A new bill would require the state to limit those placements to New England as of January 2025.

New Hampshire's Medicaid director said the federal government's count is inflated because they count children differently, going to age 23 versus 18. People over 18 are eligible for adult Medicaid instead.

The program at the center of the case is Choices for Independence, which provides nearly 3,800 Granite Staters who don’t want to go into a nursing home the basic care and services that allow them to remain at home or in a small community setting.

NHPR All Things Considered host Julia Furukawa spoke with recently-appointed DHHS Commissioner Lori Weaver about her priorities and goals for the department.

New England sigue enfrentando inundaciones. Departamento estatal de salud insiste en solicitar ayuda federal para combatir la inseguridad alimentaria infantil. Secretaria nacional de comercio visita planta de biotecnología en Manchester.

A statewide partnership will support students interested in early childhood education in New Hampshire’s community colleges and universities.

Lori Weaver has spent more than 20 years with DHHS, the largest state agency in New Hampshire . She’ll take over when the current commissioner leaves Dec. 16.

Durante la pandemia, New Hampshire y otros estados han sido requeridos de mantener a personas registradas en Medicaid durante la emergencia de salud pública —incluso, si no tenían los documentos completos o no cumplían con la elegibilidad por temas de ingreso, por ejemplo.