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New service model: NH DHHS to use $1M behavior health grant to expand capacity and improve services

DHHS will use the funding to plan for a new, more integrated approach to community-based services in New Hampshire—called the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic model—that has been associated with numerous positive outcomes in other states, including reduced emergency department visits and hospital readmissions. READ MORE

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Manchester child diagnosed with monkeypox, first pediatric case in NH

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the City of Manchester Health Department (MHD) have identified the state’s first pediatric monkeypox virus infection, in a child from Manchester. The child became infected after an identified exposure to a household contact diagnosed with monkeypox. The child has a mild illness and is isolating at home. READ MORE