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Child care leaders received what they are calling “devastating” news Thursday. As of Dec. 15, they will no longer be able to start new hires before their background checks are done, a process they say can take six weeks or longer. Currently, new staff...

Currently, new staff can start immediately as long as they are supervised and accompanied until their background checks are completed. But that'll change as of Dec. 15.

Child care leaders received what they are calling “devastating” news Thursday. As of Dec. 15, they will no longer be able to start new hires before their background checks are done, a process they say can take six weeks or longer. Currently, new staff...

They will no longer be able to start new hires before background check is complete, which can take six weeks or longer.

Editor’s Note: This story was first published on New Hampshire Bulletin.Child care leaders received what they are calling “devastating” news Thursday. As of Dec. 15, they will no longer be able to start new hires before their background checks are...

Closures of labor and delivery units across New Hampshire have sparked concerns about access. State officials are trying to shore up funding for those services.

A dire shortage of youth counselors at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester has escalated routine behavior issues to police calls and prompted an “all call” to any Department of Health and Human Services worker willing to pick up an overtime shift, department officials said Tuesday. 

A dire shortage of youth counselors at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester has escalated routine behavior issues to police calls and prompted an “all call” to any Department of Health and Human Services worker willing to pick up an overtime...

Closures of labor and delivery units across New Hampshire have sparked concerns about access. State officials are trying to shore up funding for those services.

N.H. health officials are proposing to use $15 million in federal funds to help a private health care system stand up a new behavioral health hospital.