AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoRural Health Funding: CMS approved New Hampshire’s GO-NORTH rural health spending plan, unlocking about $205 million and aiming to move from planning to action through 2030. Substance Use Treatment Oversight: A performance audit found the state’s Doorway Program isn’t collecting enough data to prove it helps people get substance use disorder treatment, urging stronger monitoring and better use of client information. Child Well-Being & Education: New Hampshire again topped a national child well-being ranking, but education scores slipped, with many fourth-graders and eighth-graders below proficiency in reading and math. Nursing Home Strain: Medicaid rate changes are forcing nursing homes to cut costs, with one Epsom Health Care Center reducing how often beef is served as budgets tighten. Public Safety & Health Impacts of Violence: A homicide investigation is underway after a 15-year-old was found shot outside a Salem home; separately, a man was arrested in a Manchester shooting that injured two DPW workers. Community Health & Access: Lawmakers debated funding for settlements tied to abuse at the state youth detention center, while a missing-woman search in Jefferson ended with a K-9 locating her unresponsive. Health & Environment: A new study measures microplastics in the Bay far smaller than before, raising questions about plastics’ effects on ecosystems and human health.
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