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NH Medicaid stimulus funds needed to cover services

By VPR | March 18, 2009

The rising demand for social services will consume all of New Hampshire’s stimulus funds earmarked for the poor – dashing some lawmakers’ hopes of using the money to restore budget cuts.

State official: Social services in NH must be overhauled

By VPR | January 16, 2009

Toumpas told House lawmakers his department can’t do business as usual given the lack of money for state programs. Toumpas calculates his agency needs $200 million more than in a pared-back budget Governor John Lynch asked him to prepare.

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N.H. officials launch event on climate change and public health

By VPR | April 7, 2008

New Hampshire’s Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging people to consider how climate change affects their health and the health of the planet.