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Press Statements
2024
Jun
20
Disability Rights Organizations Across the Nation Commit to “Stop Special” Disability Rights Center - NH, June 20, 2024
Feb
22
Adam Montgomery Trial Verdict Press Statement
2023
Sep
6
Bledsoe Issue Briefing Update
Aug
8
Concerns for Out-of-State Placement: Bledsoe Youth Academy Issue Brief press statement
Mar
22
SYSC Press Conference Release
Jan
31
2022 Annual Report - The Child Advocate released the 2022 Annual Report, a compilation of office activities, special reviews and response to citizen concerns about NH children
Previous Years Press Statements
News Articles
2024
Aug
26
'Being closer to New Hampshire is better': Sununu signs child welfare reforms, prioritizing in-state residential care
Michaela Towfighi, Concord Monitor, August 26, 2024
Aug
08
Child advocate raises concerns about youth detention center plans after proposal withdrawn from Executive Council
Michaela Towfighi, Concord Monitor, August 8, 2024
Jun
03
New Hampshire lawmakers negotiate over language in child protection bill
Adam Sexton, WMUR, June 3, 2024
May
03
The State We're In | Preventing Child Abuse
Melanie Plenda, NH PBS, May, 3, 2024
Apr
09
Office of the Child Advocate looking to add position to address youth homelessness
Michaela Towfighi, Concord Monitor, April 9, 2024
Apr
07
NH Child Advocate joins debate over bills involving LGBTQ youth | CloseUp
Adam Sexton, WMUR, April 7, 2024
Apr
02
New Hampshire's child advocate urges lawmakers to vote down LGBTQ+ bills
Ethan Dewitt, New Hampshire Bulletin, April 2, 2024
Apr
02
NH Child Advocate voices opposition to bills targeting rights of trans youth
Paul Cuno-Booth, New Hampshire Public Radio, April 2, 2024
Apr
02
LGBTQ+ community speaks out against several bills at New Hampshire House
Adam Sexton, WMUR, April 2, 2024
Mar
27
Cassandra Sanchez Interview with the WFEA Morning Update
Drew Cline, WFEA, March 27, 2024
Mar
19
New Hampshire child advocate plans to make recommendations after visit to Hampstead Hospital
Amy Coveno, WMUR, March 19, 2024
Feb
25
Child Advocate says Harmony Montgomery case changed DCYF policy | CloseUp
Adam Sexton, WMUR, February 25, 2024
Feb
19
NH's Child Advocate says recent bill is critical in getting more protection for children in residential care
Michelle Liu, Julia Furukawa, NHPR, February 19, 2024
Jan
02
NH child advocate lobbies for lawmakers to rethink abuse, neglect placements
Eileen Weber, New England Psychologist, January 2, 2024
2023
Dec
08
Vermont continues to send teens to controversial youth facility in Tennessee
Babette Stolk, VTDigger, December 08, 2023
Nov
21
At Hampstead Hospital, promises to fix NH's youth mental health system remain unfulfilled
Paul Cuno-Booth, NHPR, November 21, 2023
Nov
15
A Review of the 2023 Legislative Session from the OCA, page 31
Lissa Mascio, New Hampshire Bar News, November 15, 2023
Aug
16
Child Advocate: 2 Teens Traumatized at Tennessee Facility Returned to NH Care
Nancy West, InDepthNH.org, August 16, 2023
Aug
13
Close Up: Child Advocate wants kids moved out of TN facility
WMUR, Adam Sexton, August 13, 2023
Jun
3
NH Juvenile Justice: Life inside the Sununu Center
Michaela Towfghi, Concord Monitor, June 3, 2023
Mar
23
Compromise to replace Sununu Center could be at hand
Kevin Landrigan, Union Leader, Mar 23, 2023
Feb
19
CloseUp: Protecting New Hampshire Children
WMUR, Steve Bottari, Feb 19, 2023
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