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Substance Use Disorders/Behavioral Health Portfolio

Improving mental health and preventing addiction

Julie Everett Hill, RN, director of operations at White Mountain Community Health Center. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

Having the conversation, consistently

September 18, 2017

Screen & Intervene gives medical providers an effective and consistent way to talk about substance use — and help young people stay healthy

Panel discusses recovery during New Hampshire Public Television's 'Roads to Recovery' documentary. (Photo courtesy of NH Public Television.)

Roads to Recovery airs on NH Public Television

August 31, 2017

Documentary about navigating paths to recovery airs August 31 and during National Recovery Month in September

Curbing substance misuse

August 7, 2017

Tym Rourke, writing for Washington Monthly, on how a chicken farmer’s generosity is helping New Hampshire address the disease of addiction

Pictured left to right: Deborah Schachter, Foundation capital region senior program officer, Tym Rourke, Foundation director of substance use disorders grantmaking, Alexa Eggleston, senior program officer, domestic programs, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. (Photo by Cheryl Senter.)

Time to step up

June 20, 2017

Tym Rourke and Alexa Eggleston: a call for a national philanthropic agenda to combat addiction

Linda Saunders Paquette, president and CEO of New Futures, speaks about their updated economic report on the cost of substance misuse on New Hampshire's economy.

Economic cost of substance misuse in NH: $2.36 billion annually

May 8, 2017

New report from New Futures and PolEcon Research breaks down costs of alcohol and drug misuse in New Hampshire

The Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation presents The New Hampshire Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness

Youth Summit to focus on opioid awareness

March 3, 2017

Thousands of New Hampshire students gathering in Manchester to learn about prevention strategies and resources

Speak Up NH, a campaign to reduce the stigma of drug addiction in New Hampshire, features Kerry Norton, a family member in recovery, and Anna Battle, a mother in long-term recovery. (Courtesy of the Partnership for a Drug-free NH).

Speak Up New Hampshire

February 8, 2017

Partnership for Drug Free New Hampshire launches campaign to change the way we think and talk about addiction

Dr. Stephen Chapman, MD of the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth talks to one of his patients.

Can we talk?

October 18, 2016

Regular visits with doctors can keep teens off drugs and alcohol

Katie Merrow, vice president of community impact at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, and Dr. Cheryl Wilkie, Farnum Center senior vice president, 2016 Excellence in Nonprofit Management Award recipient. (Photo by Cheryl Senter).

Farnum Center recognized for management excellence

September 27, 2016

Recovery center receives the Foundation's 2016 Excellence in Nonprofit Management Award

Tym Rourke, Foundation director of substance use disorders grantmaking (Photo by Cheryl Senter).

I carry their names everywhere I go

September 26, 2016

A reflection on a community conversation turned personal, a quiet man who cared, and the urgent need to keep going

Dean LeMire and family. Photo by Cheryl Senter.

‘I have a story to tell…Recovery is possible.’

September 6, 2016

Dean LeMire got the health care and recovery support he needed to survive a substance use disorder. Now he helps others do the same

Kriss Blevens with a photo of her stepdaughter Amber at Amber’s Place in Manchester. (Photo by Cheryl Senter).

Raising voices, saving lives

June 24, 2016

New Futures helped Kriss Blevens find her voice and turn her make-up brush into a power tool for advocacy

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