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Current Issues

See all the bills before the legislature this year at the General Court website, available here. Here are some samples of our testimony.

2010 Session

HB 1598, ensure TANF funds support
HB 1523, reduce bullying
SB 436, improve children's health insurance
HB 1479, reducing the risk of childhood obesity
HB 1156, creating better judicial guidelines for court-ordered children
SB 396, prohibiting dangerous restraint practices

2009 Session

HB 332, establishing a commission to study school discipline

HB 414, establishing a commission to study preventing dental disease among New Hampshire’s children

HB 658,relative to housing assistance for recipients of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)

2008 Session

HB 267, relative to payday lending, before the Senate Commerce Committee, January 29
HB 1422, relative to a childhood obesity commission, before the House Health and Human Services Committee, January 31
“Proven methods for bridging the achievement gap,” before the Joint Committee on the Oversight of Costing an Adequate Education, December 2007

Priorities for New Hampshire’s Children

The Priorities for New Hampshire’s Children is an annual child-centered plan of action for New Hampshire developed and led by the 100+ partners of the New Hampshire Child Advocacy Network.

	NH CAN
	The New Hampshire Child Advocacy Network is a statewide coalition of over 100 partner organizations improving the health and wellbeing of NH’s children and families through the annual Priorities for New Hampshire’s Children.

	KIDS COUNT
	KIDS COUNT is a national and state-by-state effort to document the condition of children and families and to highlight the most promising ways of helping kids grow up to be healthy, productive adults.