National Alliance for the Mentally Ill NH Chapter
Website: http://www.naminh.org
Telephone: (800) 242-6264
Telephone: (603) 225-5359
Granite State Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Heath
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gsffcmh/
Telephone: (603) 785-7948
Children’s Behavioral Health Collaborative
Concord, NH
Telephone: (603) 225-9540
Website: http://www.nh4youth.org
The Collaborative is a multi-disciplinary initiative that fixes barriers and improves behavioral health outcomes for New Hampshire children, youth, and their families. The Collaborative represents the largest-ever collaboration of New Hampshire child and family organizations and agencies-more than 50 focused on mental health and substance use disorders for children, youth, and families. The goal of the Collaborative is to develop and implement a plan that would transform the current delivery system.
National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
Telephone: (240) 403-1901
Website: http://www.ffcmh.org
The National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health is a national family-run organization
linking more than 120 chapters and state organizations focused on the issues of children and youth with
emotional, behavioral, or mental health needs and their families.
*Note: The New Hampshire chapter is NAMI NH.
Peer Support Agencies
The Bureau of Mental Health’s webpage has a list and links to these programs.
Peer Support Agencies (PSAs) are located throughout New Hampshire. They are private, not-for-profit agencies that have contracted with the NH Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Behavioral Health (BBH). Peer support agencies provide services to people with mental illness who are 18 years of age or older and self-identify as recipients, former recipients, or at significant risk of becoming recipients of publicly funded mental health services.
Peer support services are provided by and for people with mental illness and are designed to assist them with their recovery. Peer support consists of supportive interactions based on shared experiences among people and is intended to help people understand their potential to achieve their personal goals. Interactions are based on trust, respect, and mutual support. Peer support agencies accomplish this by providing choice, using non-medical approaches to help, sharing decision-making, encouraging informed decision-making about all aspects of people’s lives, challenging perceived self-limitations, etc.
Services include face-to-face and telephone peer support, outreach, monthly educational events, activities that promote self-advocacy, wellness training, an after-hours warm line, and crisis respite (a 24-hour, short-term, non-medical crisis program). All peer support agency locations are accessible by wheelchair except where noted.