Children's Issues 

Building Resilience in Children — January 2025

NH DCYF Community Response Guide + Handout — November 2023

Safety Planning with Youth and Families: Best Practices for Mental Health and Community Based Providers — March 2023

Critical Decision Making in Mental Health Crisis Care: Using the C-SSRS with Children — October 2022

Teleplay Therapy — May 2020

Law Enforcement and Social Workers as Allies Panel — May 2019

NH Children’s Behavioral Health Resource Center — can search by service, location, age, insurance, etc.

Maneuvering Through the Maze — (NH Family Voices, 2022) — List of Early Childhood, Health, Mental Health, and Developmental Disability and related services for kids

Resource pages from NHFV

NAMI NH Resources

NH Birth to 3 Resources

NH Community Mental Health Centers — NH Family Resource Centers - FRC Navigator to locate your FRC

NH Community Mental Health Centers — Kinship and Relative Caregiver Guide

NH Medicaid for Children Information

NH DHHS Financial Assistance Programs

Mental Health.gov For Parents and Caregivers

On Our Sleeves — Children’s MH resources with a focus on school aged children

Office of the Child Advocate — a state agency that is mandated to provide oversight to child serving systems (DCYF, schools, residential facilities) (603) 271-7773 | Toll-Free 1-833-NH-CHILD | childadvocate@nh.gov

Office of the Advocate for Special Education — a state agency that was created to support parents of children with disabilities through the schooling journey and to collect data to better understand the status of school-aged disability services statewide (603) 271-7547 | information@ase.nh.gov

NH Children’s Trust — NH Children’s Trust is the NH Chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America. They support NH Family Resource Centers and have a focus on prevention work in our state.

NH Children’s System of Care — The Children’s System of Care website highlights resources, training and events. It has parent facing and provider facing resources.

NH Family Resource Centers — Family Resource Centers provide prevention services including home visiting, case management, parenting support and groups. Most FRCs serve families starting in pregnancy, at least through age 5. Many have older youth and teen programming as well.

Casey Family Programs, 2025 Kids Count Data Book — NH Specific Data

The Family Acceptance Project — This website focuses on resources for providers, parents and loved ones to support LGBTQ+ youth. There are tip sheets, posters and trainings available.

Self Care Guide for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC Youth

The School of Hard Talks Online — Provides information and a free training course to help families have successful conversations about hard topics.

Typical Child Development (AAP)

Child Development Basics (CDC)

Positive Parenting Tips for Parents — Based on Age (CDC)

Gender Identity in Children (AAP)

NH Early Supports and Services

Zero To Three

AAP Blueprint for Children (Advocacy Outline)

Talking to Young Children about Race and Racism (PBS)

Essentials for Childhood: Creating Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments for All Children (CDC)

Five Essentials for Healthy Adolescents

NH DCYF — Central Intake: (603) 271-6562 or 1(800) 894-5533

NH DCYF — Central Intake: (603) 271-6562 or 1(800) 894-5533

NH Foster Care Children’s Bill of Rights

NH DCYF Data — DCYF started publicly sharing data during the Covid-19 pandemic. They now regularly release monthly and annual reports about trends in child protection and juvenile justice.

NH DCYF Community Response Guide from November 2023 Meeting — Passcode: d!^+rVu5 + Handouts

Office of the Child Advocate — The OCA has oversight of all state child-serving agencies, including child protective services, juvenile justice, residential facilities, access to emergency mental health care (ER boarding), and school-related issues. They produce annual reports, available on their website. Calls to the OCA are confidential and documents cannot be subpoenaed. + Updates from the Office of the Child Advocate to CIC — November 2020 + Slides from November 2020

NH CASA — Court Appointed Special Advocates are a voice for children in DCYF-involved court cases.

NH Children’s Trust — NH Children’s Trust is the NH Chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America. They support NH Family Resource Centers and have a focus on prevention work in our state.

NH Children’s System of Care

Granite State Children’s Alliance — Child Advocacy Centers

Fast Forward — NH Wraparound

California Evidence Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare — Registry of EBPs for children, mostly focused on Child Welfare

Child Welfare Information Gateway

Understanding how the child welfare system works

Resource/Foster Parent and Kinship Provider Handbook

National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren — Handout from Children’s Issues Committee, 2019

Kinship Navigation Program, NH — Administered by the local Family Resource Centers

Kinship Resources from NH Children’s Trust

Parenting a Second Time Around (PASTA)

Live Free and Thrive — Update from DCYF about Child Welfare Transformation — March 2019

National Child Traumatic Stress Network — Has information on EBPs and trauma informed practices — can search by topic