NH Statewide Independent Living Council

State Disability

State Disability Resources

DISCLAIMER: This resource is updated on a monthly basis. Due to the changing nature of websites, links or contact information may become outdated. Please email Jen if a link or contact information is outdated at Jennifer.beaulieu@gcd.nh.gov or call 271-2773 and ask for Jen.

Area Agencies

Provide developmental services for people with development disability and people with acquired brain injuries. They work with the Bureau of Developmental Services. These areas agencies are non-profits. There is one in each region.

  1. Northern Human Services (Region 1) (Administrative Office)
  2. Pathways of the River Valley (Region 2) (Administrative Office)
    • Phone: (603) 542-8706
    • Fax: (603) 542-0421
  3. Lakes Region Community Services (Region 3) (Main Office)
    • Phone: (603) 524-8811
  4. Community Bridges (Region 4)
  5. Monadnock Developmental Services (Region 5) (Keene Office)
    • Phone: (603) 352-1304
    • Fax: (603) 352-1637
  6. Monadnock Developmental Services (Region 5) (Peterborough Office)
    • Phone: (603) 924-4203
    • Fax: (603) 371-9030
  7. Gateways Community Services (Region 6)
  8. The Moore Center (Region 7) (Administrative Office)
    •  Phone: (603) 206-2700
  9. One Sky Community Services (Region 8)
    • Phone: (603) 436-6111
    • Voice/TDD: 1-800-660-4103
    • Fax: (603) 436-4622
  10. Community Partners (Region 9)
    • Phone: (603) 516-9300
  11. Community Crossroads (Region 10)
    • Phone: (603) 893-1299
    • Fax: (603) 893-5401
  12. Community Support Network Inc. (Region All)

Community Mental Health Centers

Provide a wide variety of services such as individual and group therapy, medications, and symptom management for people with mental illnesses. There is one in each region of New Hampshire. These centers work with the Bureau of Behavioral Health.

  1. Northern Human Services (Region 1) (Administrative Office)
  2. West Central Behavioral Health (Region 2) (Administration)
    • Phone: (603) 448-0126
  3. The Lakes Region Mental Health Center, Inc. (Region 3)
  4. Riverbend Community Mental Health (Region 4)
    • Phone: (603) 228-1600 (for Adult Appointment Scheduling)
    • Phone: (603) 228-0547 (for Child Appointment Scheduling)
  5. Monadnock Family Services (Region 5)
    • Phone: (603) 357-4400
  6. Greater Nashua Mental Health Center (Region 6)
    • Phone: (603) 889-6147
    • Deaf Services/Videophone: (603) 821-0073
  7. The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester (Region 7) (Administrative Office)
    • Phone: (603) 668-4111 ext. 4135
    • Fax: (603) 669-1131
  8. Seacoast Mental Health Center, Inc. (Region 8) (Portsmouth Office)
    • Phone: (603) 431-6703
  9. Seacoast Mental Health Center, Inc. (Region 8) (Exeter Office)
    • Phone: (603) 772-2710
  10. Community Partners (Region 9)
    • Phone: (603) 516-9300
  11. CLM Center for Life Management (Region 10)
    • Phone: (603) 434-1577

Acquired Brain Disorder Resources

  1. Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire
    • Phone: (603) 225-8400

Blind and Low-Vision Resources

  1. Future in Sight
  2. NH DOE: Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
    • Phone: (603) 271-3537
    • V/TTY: 1-(603) 271-3471
    • Fax: (603) 271-3816

Cross-Disability Resources

  1. ABLE NH
  2. Camp Allen
    • Phone: (603) 622-8471
    • Fax: (603) 626-4295
  3. Crotched Mountain Foundation (Main Office)
    • Phone: (603) 547-3311
  4. Disability Rights Center NH
    • Phone: (603) 228-0432
    • TDD: 1-800-834-1721
    • Fax: (603) 225-2077
    • Email:mail@drcnh.org
  5. Easterseals New Hampshire
    • Phone: (603) 623-8863
  6. Governor’s Commission on Disability
  7. Granite State Independent Living (Main Office)
  8. Institute on Disability
    • Phone: (603) 862-4320
    • Relay: 7-1-1
    • Fax: (603) 862-0555
  9. Living Innovations (Business Office)
    • Phone: (603) 422-7308
    • Fax: (603) 516-4730
  10. New Hampshire Family Voices
  11. New Hampshire Leadership Series

Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Resources

  1. NH Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
  2. Northeast Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, Inc.
    • Phone: (603) 224-1850
    • Video Phone: (603) 968-5889
    • Email: info@ndhhs.org

Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Resources

  1. Greengard Center
  2. Learning Disabilities Association of NH
  3. NH Council on Autism Spectrum Disorders
  4. NH Council on Developmental Disabilities
    • Phone: (603) 271-3236
    • TDD: 800-735-2964
    • Fax: (603) 271-1156
  5. NH DDHS: Bureau of Developmental Services
    • Phone: (603) 271-5034
    • TDD: 800-735-2964
    • Fax: (603) 271-5166
    • Email: BDS@dhhs.nh.gov 
  6. The PLUS Company
    • Phone: (603) 889-0652
  7. Special Olympics NH 

HIV/AIDS Resources

  1. Merrimack Valley Assistance Program (Concord Office)
  2. Merrimack Valley Assistance Program (Manchester Office)
  3. Merrimack Valley Assistance Program (Laconia Office)
  4.  Partnership for Successful Living

Mental Health Resources

  1. Change Direction NH
  2. The Connect Program
  3. Fellowship Housing Opportunities (Administrative Offices)
    • Phone: (603) 225-1767
    • Fax: (603) 225-6027
  4. NAMI NH
  5. NH Community Behavioral Health Association

Physical Disability Resources

  1. Sunset Hill Educational Institute (Wheelchair Health in Motion)
    • Phone: (603) 938-2562

Sports Resources

  1. Northeast Passage

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Education Resources

  1. Crotched Mountain School
    • Phone: (603) 547-1894
  2. Literacy Learning Solutions, LLC
  3. Monarch School of New England (Elementary/ Middle School) 
    • Phone: (603) 332-2848
    • Fax: (603) 330-0838
  4. Monarch School of New England (High School/ Vocational Center)
    • Phone: (603) 330-0566
    • Fax: (603) 822-7019
  5. NH Department of Education
    • Phone: (603) 271-3494
  6. Spaulding Youth Center

Elderly and Aging Resources

  1. Engaging NH
  2. Granite State Senior Games, Inc.
  3. Right at Home 
    • Phone: (603) 216-9296
  4. The Right Transition

Employment Resources

  1. NH DOE: Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
    • Phone: (603) 271-3537
    • V/TTY: 1-(603) 271-3471
    • Fax: (603) 271-3816
  2. NH DOE: Vocational Rehabilitation (Administrative Office)
  3. NH Works
  4. Work Incentives Resource Center

Healthcare Organizations

  1. Central New Hampshire VNA & Hospice (Corporate Office)
    • Phone: (603) 524-8444
    •  Referral Fax: (603) 524-1821
    • Office Fax: (603) 524-8217
  2. Families First Health and Support Center
    • Phone: (603) 422-8208
    • Family Center and Admin Fax: (603) 422-8219
  3. New Futures
    • Phone: (603) 225-9540
  4. White Mountain Community Health Center

Governmental Organizations

  1. Commission for Human Rights
  2. Governor’s Commission on Disability
  3. HUD New Hampshire Programs and Services
  4. NH Administrative Rules (Office of Legislative Services)
    • Phone: (603) 271-3680
    • TDD: 1-800-735-2964
    • Fax: (603) 271-7871
  5. NH Bureau of Developmental Services
    • Phone: (603) 271-5034
    • TDD: 800-735-2964
    • Fax: (603) 271-5166
    • Email: BDS@dhhs.nh.gov
  6. NH Care Path
  7. NH Circuity Court
    • Phone: 1-855-212-1234
  8. NH Department of Education
    • Phone: (603) 271-3494
  9. NH DOE: Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
    • Phone: (603) 271-3537
    • V/TTY: 1-(603) 271-3471
    • Fax: (603) 271-3816
  10. NH DOE: Vocational Rehabilitation (Administrative Office)
  11. NH Department of Health and Human Services
    • Phone: 1-844-275-3447 (Customer Service)
  12. NH DHHS: Bureau of Behavioral Heath
    • Phone: (603) 271-5000
    • TDD: 800- 735-2964
    • Fax: (603) 271-5058
  13. NH DHHS: Medical Assistance
    • Phone: (603) 271-4344
    • TDD: 800-735-2964
  14. NH DHHS: NH Easy
    • Phone: (603) 271-9700
    • Fax: (603) 271-4637
  15. NH Department of Transportation
    • Phone: (603) 271-3734
    • Fax: (603) 271-3914
  16. NH Judicial Branch Self-Help Center
  17. ServiceLink Aging & Disability Resource Center
    • Phone:1-866-634-9412
  18. Social Security Administration
    • Phone: 1-888-397-9798
    • TTY: 1-603-225-8475
    • Fax: 1-833-950-3587

Managed Care Organizations

  1. AmeriHealth Caritas New Hampshire
    • Phone: 1-833-704-1177
    •  TTY: 1-855-534-6730
  2. New Hampshire Healthy Families
    • Phone: 1-866-769-3085 (Member & Provider Line)
    • TDD/TTY: 1-855-742-0123 (Member & Provider Line)
  3. Well Sense

NH Legal Assistance Resources

  1. Disability Rights Center NH
    • Phone: (603) 228-0432
    • TDD: 1-800-834-1721
    • Fax: (603) 225-2077
    • Email: mail@drcnh.org
  2. NH Bar Association
    • Phone: (603) 224-6942
  3. NH Legal Assistance (Administration Office)
    • Phone: (603) 224-4107
    • Fax: (603) 224-2053
  4. NH Legal Advice & Referral Center (LARC)
    • Phone: 800-639-5290
    • Fax: (603) 224-6067
  5. NH Public Defender
    • Phone: 1-800-464-0652

Other Nonprofit Organizations

  1. 2-1-1 New Hampshire
    • Phone: 2-1-1 or 1-866-444-4211
    • TTY: (603) 634-3388
  2. WAYPOINT (Agency Headquarters)
    • Phone: (603) 518-4000
    • Fax: (603) 668-6260
  3. Make-A-Wish New Hampshire
    • Phone: (603) 623-9474
  4. New Hampshire Public Radio
    • Phone: (603) 228-8910
    • Fax: (603) 224-6052
  5. NH Center for Nonprofits
  6. NH Gives

Service Animal Resources

  1. Dog Guide Users of New Hampshire
    • Phone: 1 -603-434-6042

Therapy Programs

  1. COMMUNI K-9
  2. Manchester Community Music School
  3. Pediatric Therapy Center (Nashua Office)
  4. Pediatric Therapy Center (Salem Office)
  5. Play on Words Speech and Language Therapy, LLC
    • Phone: (603) 867-4240
  6. Premier Speech Therapy, LLC
  7. Richie McFarland Children’s Center
  8. Swim Angelfish
    • Phone:  203-545-0024
  9. Swing for the Stars, Pediatric Therapy Center, LLC
  10. The BIRCHTREE Center
    • Phone: (603) 433-4192
    • Fax: (603) 433-3381
  11. The Carriage Barn
  12. The Institute of Professional Practice, Inc.(Concord Office)
    • Phone: (603) 224-8085
  13. The Institute of Professional Practice, Inc. (Merrimack Office)
    • Phone: (603) 423-6046
  14. The Institute of Professional Practice, Inc. (Stratham Office)
    • Phone: (603) 772-5991
  15. Touchstone Farm

Youth and Parents with Disabilities Resources

  1. Dreamcatchers NH
  2. NH Children’s Behavioral Health Collaborative
  3. NH Next Steps
  4. Parent Information Center
  5. RENEW Rehabilitation for Empowerment Natural Supports Education Work
  6. YEAH Council