Family Resource Guide
The Family Resource Guide includes resources for the community, including local, county, state and national agencies and programs. Every attempt is made to assure this list is current. If you find inaccurate information, need to update a listing, or know of an agency or program to add, please send us email here.
ONLINE RESOURCE GUIDES FOR FAMILIES:
Are you looking for a great resource for parents/children on COVID-19? If so, check out this website. The book is free, is in two languages, and for two age groups. http://www.nicolerim.com/books.html
Whether you’re a teacher sharing educational activities with families or a parent trying to implement learning at home, early childhood expert Angela Searcy, EdD, shares tips and free online resources to support you. Dr. Searcy will guide you to set realistic expectations and routines, build important connections, understand and manage emotions, and most of all, have grace! Building a new routine isn’t easy. But you’re not alone!
https://youtu.be/wGtevKyVLs8
Children’s Advocacy Organizations
Children’s Alliance of New Hampshire: New Hampshire Hunger Solutions
Children’s Defense Fund: Includes Beat the Odds honoring high school students for academic excellence in hardship situations and advocates for health care and education for all children.
Early Learning NH: Information about child care licensing
Every Child Matters
New Hampshire Children’s Trust Fund
NH Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness
Working Families Win
Zero to Three
Data on Children’s Well-Being
Kids Count
Nemours Foundation (Kids Health)
New Hampshire Health Data Inventory
Day Care and Preschools
Bright Futures
Claremont Head Start
Girard Daycare
Green Mt. Children’s Center: Also offers after school care
Kidsview Academy
Newport Head Start
Picard’s Family Daycare
Pleasant Street Preschool: Claremont
Ready Set Grow: 8 weeks to 12 years
Smiling Faces Daycare
Sunflower Childcare: Claremont
Together We Grow: Newport
Tiny Tots of Claremont
For Children with Disabilities and Their Parents
Cerebral Palsy Guide
https://www.cerebralpalsyguidance.com/cerebral-palsy/screenings-and-tests/
College Guide for Disabled Students
Developmental Disabilities Council
Disability Rights Center
Easter Seals
Family Resource Connection
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
New Hampshire Family Voices
Pacer
Parent to Parent
Pathways
Special Needs Support Center
UNH Institute on Disability
https://www.childbirthinjuries.com/cerebral-palsy/
Career guide for people with disabilities
Gender-based Violence
Turning Points Network: Claremont
WISE: Upper Valley
Health
Healthy Children
NH Healthy Kids
Women’s Health Resource Center
Legal Services
Lawyer Referral Services: Charlestown
Lawyer Referral Services: Concord
New Hampshire Legal Assistance
Libraries and Literacy Programs
Abbott Library
Center for Family Literacy
Family Resource Connection
Fiske Free Library: Toddler Activity Program and 1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Kilton Library
Reach Out and Read
Richards Free Library
Silsby Free Library
UNH Cooperative Extension
Medical Resources / Hospitals
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital: In Lebanon, NH. Provides primary care, internal medicine, outpatient therapy, and geriatric care.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center: Hospital network including Children’s Hospital and services for opioid addiction with affiliate hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, and New London, NH, and Windsor, VT.
Mount Ascutney Pediatrics: Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center’s Pediatrics Department offers well-child exams and a complete range of preventative and acute care services for infants through adolescents in a nurturing and supportive setting.
New London Hospital: Part of Dartmouth Hitchcock system. Includes the Wellness Connection focusing on improving healthy eating, stress reduction, and active living among all residents of the Lake Sunapee area.
Rockingham Medical Group: Rockingham Medical Group’s on-site services include primary and preventive care, internal medicine, pediatrics, outpatient mental health counseling, minor skin surgeries, obstetrics & gynecology and women’s health services, hypnotherapy, physical therapy and planned diabetic visits. For your convenience, lab and x-ray services are also available on site Monday through Friday.
Sojourns Community Health Care: The mission is to inspire and model possibility and change in healthcare.
Valley Regional Hospital: In Claremont area providing in- and outpatient services including diabetes self care and occupational health services.
Women’s Health Resource Center: Located at Dartmouth Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. Educators are available to answer your questions about childbirth preparation, postpartum care, and breastfeeding issues. They can help you find resources in our lending library, our classes and support groups, our on-site boutique, and the community.
Mental Health Services
Casey Family Service
Counseling Associates of New London
Way Point
Monadnock Family Services
West Central Behavorial Health
New Hampshire Family Service Agencies
Child and Family Services: Statewide programs and services for children and families.
Good Beginnings of the Upper Valley: Visits and free of charge help with day-to-day tasks for families with new babies.
NH Child Advocacy Centers: Supporting child abuse prevention.
One 4 All Center: Claremont. The mission of the One-4-All Family Space is to improve the lives of the children in Claremont by providing access to a free, inclusive age appropriate environment that gives them the opportunity to play, learn and develop critical social emotional skills while also providing families with parenting skills through mentoring and classes as well as referrals to essential resources and access to free clothing and school supplies.
Southwestern Community Services: Information about access to services in Southwestern New Hampshire for Headstart, WIC and substance abuse services.
Planned Parenthood: Free family planning services and health care services for women, men and teens.
TLC Family Resource Center: Covering Sullivan and Lower Grafton counties.
New Hampshire State Agencies
NH Department of Health and Human Services
Professional Pediatric Organizations
American Academy of Pediatrics
New Hampshire Pediatric Society
Programs for Youth/Recreation
4H Program: Statewide program with wide range of programs and services including parenting support and support for families in difficult times.
Boy Scouts
Friends Program: Provides emergency housing in Concord and other services including foster grandparent services to children in Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford, and Sullivan counties.
Girls Scouts
Lebanon Recreation Center: Carter Community Building Association providing exercise and recreation opportunities
Newport Recreation Center
Upper Valley Aquatics Center
YMCA Camp Coniston
YAP – Young Athletes Program: Claremont Savings Bank Community Center
Claremont Savings Bank Community Center
National Institute of Modern Martial Arts
Jenkins Dance and Gymnastics Center
West Claremont Center for Music and the Arts
School Districts
Claremont School District (SAU 6)
Newport School District (SAU 43)
Substance Misuse and Recovery
A Consumer’s Guide to Substance Use Treatment in the Upper Valley 2017
Resource Guide for Addiction and Mental Health
Step One Rebab in Nashua, NH
The Center for Recovery Resources
Supports and Services
Child Find for Early Intervention
La Leche League: Claremont
National Association for Education of the Young Child
National Center for Early Development
National Head Start Association
NH Child Care Resource and Referral
Southwestern Community Services, Inc.
Parents as Teachers
Zero to Three
WIC: Claremont
Claremont Soup Kitchen: 18 Central St, Claremont. 603-543-3290
Transportation Services
Community Transportation Services: Bus schedule
Videos
Change the First Five Years
Strengthening Adult Capabilities
ONLINE RESOURCE GUIDES FOR FAMILIES:
Are you looking for a great resource for parents/children on COVID-19? If so, check out this website. The book is free, is in two languages, and for two age groups. http://www.nicolerim.com/books.html
Whether you’re a teacher sharing educational activities with families or a parent trying to implement learning at home, early childhood expert Angela Searcy, EdD, shares tips and free online resources to support you. Dr. Searcy will guide you to set realistic expectations and routines, build important connections, understand and manage emotions, and most of all, have grace! Building a new routine isn’t easy. But you’re not alone!
https://youtu.be/wGtevKyVLs8
Children’s Advocacy Organizations
Children’s Alliance of New Hampshire: New Hampshire Hunger Solutions
Children’s Defense Fund: Includes Beat the Odds honoring high school students for academic excellence in hardship situations and advocates for health care and education for all children.
Early Learning NH: Information about child care licensing
Every Child Matters
New Hampshire Children’s Trust Fund
NH Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness
Working Families Win
Zero to Three
Data on Children’s Well-Being
Kids Count
Nemours Foundation (Kids Health)
New Hampshire Health Data Inventory
Day Care and Preschools
Bright Futures
Claremont Head Start
Girard Daycare
Green Mt. Children’s Center: Also offers after school care
Kidsview Academy
Newport Head Start
Picard’s Family Daycare
Pleasant Street Preschool: Claremont
Ready Set Grow: 8 weeks to 12 years
Smiling Faces Daycare
Sunflower Childcare: Claremont
Together We Grow: Newport
Tiny Tots of Claremont
For Children with Disabilities and Their Parents
Cerebral Palsy Guide
https://www.cerebralpalsyguidance.com/cerebral-palsy/screenings-and-tests/
College Guide for Disabled Students
Developmental Disabilities Council
Disability Rights Center
Easter Seals
Family Resource Connection
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
New Hampshire Family Voices
Pacer
Parent to Parent
Pathways
Special Needs Support Center
UNH Institute on Disability
https://www.childbirthinjuries.com/cerebral-palsy/
Career guide for people with disabilities
Gender-based Violence
Turning Points Network: Claremont
WISE: Upper Valley
Health
Healthy Children
NH Healthy Kids
Women’s Health Resource Center
Legal Services
Lawyer Referral Services: Charlestown
Lawyer Referral Services: Concord
New Hampshire Legal Assistance
Libraries and Literacy Programs
Abbott Library
Center for Family Literacy
Family Resource Connection
Fiske Free Library: Toddler Activity Program and 1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Kilton Library
Reach Out and Read
Richards Free Library
Silsby Free Library
UNH Cooperative Extension
Medical Resources / Hospitals
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital: In Lebanon, NH. Provides primary care, internal medicine, outpatient therapy, and geriatric care.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center: Hospital network including Children’s Hospital and services for opioid addiction with affiliate hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, and New London, NH, and Windsor, VT.
Mount Ascutney Pediatrics: Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center’s Pediatrics Department offers well-child exams and a complete range of preventative and acute care services for infants through adolescents in a nurturing and supportive setting.
New London Hospital: Part of Dartmouth Hitchcock system. Includes the Wellness Connection focusing on improving healthy eating, stress reduction, and active living among all residents of the Lake Sunapee area.
Rockingham Medical Group: Rockingham Medical Group’s on-site services include primary and preventive care, internal medicine, pediatrics, outpatient mental health counseling, minor skin surgeries, obstetrics & gynecology and women’s health services, hypnotherapy, physical therapy and planned diabetic visits. For your convenience, lab and x-ray services are also available on site Monday through Friday.
Sojourns Community Health Care: The mission is to inspire and model possibility and change in healthcare.
Valley Regional Hospital: In Claremont area providing in- and outpatient services including diabetes self care and occupational health services.
Women’s Health Resource Center: Located at Dartmouth Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. Educators are available to answer your questions about childbirth preparation, postpartum care, and breastfeeding issues. They can help you find resources in our lending library, our classes and support groups, our on-site boutique, and the community.
Mental Health Services
Casey Family Service
Counseling Associates of New London
Way Point
Monadnock Family Services
West Central Behavorial Health
New Hampshire Family Service Agencies
Child and Family Services: Statewide programs and services for children and families.
Good Beginnings of the Upper Valley: Visits and free of charge help with day-to-day tasks for families with new babies.
NH Child Advocacy Centers: Supporting child abuse prevention.
One 4 All Center: Claremont. The mission of the One-4-All Family Space is to improve the lives of the children in Claremont by providing access to a free, inclusive age appropriate environment that gives them the opportunity to play, learn and develop critical social emotional skills while also providing families with parenting skills through mentoring and classes as well as referrals to essential resources and access to free clothing and school supplies.
Southwestern Community Services: Information about access to services in Southwestern New Hampshire for Headstart, WIC and substance abuse services.
Planned Parenthood: Free family planning services and health care services for women, men and teens.
TLC Family Resource Center: Covering Sullivan and Lower Grafton counties.
New Hampshire State Agencies
NH Department of Health and Human Services
Professional Pediatric Organizations
American Academy of Pediatrics
New Hampshire Pediatric Society
Programs for Youth/Recreation
4H Program: Statewide program with wide range of programs and services including parenting support and support for families in difficult times.
Boy Scouts
Friends Program: Provides emergency housing in Concord and other services including foster grandparent services to children in Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford, and Sullivan counties.
Girls Scouts
Lebanon Recreation Center: Carter Community Building Association providing exercise and recreation opportunities
Newport Recreation Center
Upper Valley Aquatics Center
YMCA Camp Coniston
YAP – Young Athletes Program: Claremont Savings Bank Community Center
Claremont Savings Bank Community Center
National Institute of Modern Martial Arts
Jenkins Dance and Gymnastics Center
West Claremont Center for Music and the Arts
School Districts
Claremont School District (SAU 6)
Newport School District (SAU 43)
Substance Misuse and Recovery
A Consumer’s Guide to Substance Use Treatment in the Upper Valley 2017
Resource Guide for Addiction and Mental Health
Step One Rebab in Nashua, NH
The Center for Recovery Resources
Supports and Services
Child Find for Early Intervention
La Leche League: Claremont
National Association for Education of the Young Child
National Center for Early Development
National Head Start Association
NH Child Care Resource and Referral
Southwestern Community Services, Inc.
Parents as Teachers
Zero to Three
WIC: Claremont
Claremont Soup Kitchen: 18 Central St, Claremont. 603-543-3290
Transportation Services
Community Transportation Services: Bus schedule
Videos
Change the First Five Years
Strengthening Adult Capabilities
