NEW HAMPSHIRE TOMORROW INVESTING IN OUR KIDS All of ’s kids deserve the opportunity to reach their full potential. But right now, only some get that chance. Paiwei Wei Paiwei Together, we can do something about this.

The Foundation has always been committed to effective action for the next generation. But For our kids. given the demographic and social trends facing our state, we have redoubled those efforts. We have made increasing youth opportunity a top priority.

The Foundation will invest $100 million over 10 years in New Hampshire Tomorrow, a For New Hampshire comprehensive partnership bringing together hundreds of organizations and businesses toward a single goal: increasing opportunities so that young people can reach their potential and be ready to contribute to New Hampshire’s communities and workforce. tomorrow. We will make strategic grants, build and support multi-sector coalitions and advance sensible public policy to achieve that goal.

Please join us. Together, we can build a stronger New Hampshire tomorrow.

Richard Ober President & CEO New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Courtesy of TLC Family Resource Center Resource Family of TLC Courtesy Paiwei Wei Paiwei

NEW HAMPSHIRE TOMORROW 1 The Foundation is investing $100 million over 10 years in four proven focus areas to increase opportunity for New Hampshire’s kids — from cradle to career:

EARLY FAMILY SUBSTANCE USE EDUCATION CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTS AND RECOVERY PATHWAYS

All kids receive All kids have All kids live All kids get the education high-quality early strong families healthy lives free and skills they need to care and education and role models of substance use thrive in the workforce

MEASURE OF SUCCESS: More 25- to 34-year-olds in New Hampshire have a quality education, NEW HAMPSHIRE TOMORROW strong earning power and the skills to contribute to the state’s workforce and communities INVESTING IN OUR KIDS

Foundation scholarships helped Ayi D’Almeida through the University of New Hampshire, where he graduated with honors and a double major. Ayi went to work for Americorps mentoring kids, and plans to go to graduate school.

Strong, thriving kids grow into thriving with an aging population and slower population rates of substance use in the country, and our students build and support multi-sector coalitions and advance adults who contribute to prosperous and growth — threaten New Hampshire’s long-term graduate with the nation’s highest debt load. sensible public policy. healthy communities. economic and social well-being. If we are to maintain But there are proven solutions. We know that when And — because the resources, partnerships and our status as one of the best states in the country for kids have access to a range of opportunities throughout action needed to move the needle on this issue are far But right now, too many of our kids children and families, all of our kids must have the their lives, they are able to thrive and to become adults greater than one community foundation could provide — never have that chance. chance to reach their full potential. who sustain their communities. we are working to multiply those funds and efforts with Thousands of kids from low-income families lack Together, we can make that happen. additional resources from local and national partners. access to everything from high-quality early childhood Right now, New Hampshire’s opportunity gap is TAKING ACTION care and education to advanced placement classes in widening. Pockets of poverty are getting deeper. The To increase youth opportunity from cradle to career, LET’S WORK TOGETHER high school and enrichment activities. They fall behind U.S. Census Bureau reports that 11 percent of kids in the Foundation is redoubling efforts on behalf of New New Hampshire is up to the promise of increasing their wealthier classmates by third grade — and many New Hampshire (or 28,000) are living in poverty — up Hampshire’s kids. We are investing in four proven opportunities for our kids. Working together, we can never catch up. They are less likely to go to college, from 6 percent in 2000. That is about equivalent to the areas: early childhood development; family and youth do this. We have the resources, the relationships and less able to get good jobs and less ready to contribute combined populations of Portsmouth and Plymouth. supports; substance use prevention, treatment and the long tradition of bipartisan cooperation needed to to communities. (Under federal guidelines, a family of four with an recovery; and education and career pathways. Each area narrow the opportunity gap. This is the trend that world-renowned sociologist income of $24,250 is considered to be in poverty.) And of investment aligns with work being done by the public What are you up to? Please join us with your best Robert Putnam has labelled the “opportunity gap.” 44,000 of our kids, or 27 percent, are eligible for free sector, nonprofits, education and business. Each area of ideas, your energy, commitment, voices and resources Together, we can — and we must — narrow that gap. and reduced-price school lunch. In some districts, more this important work needs generous donor support. to make sure that every one of our children has access This is not only a social obligation, it is an economic than half of all kids qualify. To achieve the goals of New Hampshire Tomorrow, to the opportunities they need to thrive. For our kids. imperative. Our kids struggle in other areas, too: New the Foundation has made a commitment to invest For New Hampshire tomorrow. ■ Vastly unequal access to opportunity — combined Hampshire’s young people have among the highest $100 million over a decade in grants and scholarships,

2 NEW HAMPSHIRE TOMORROW NEW HAMPSHIRE TOMORROW 3 Every dollar invested in early childhood PARTNERS AND GRANTEES* development nets an average $7 return Annie E. Casey Foundation www.aecf.org in productivity and saved societal costs. Children Unlimited www.childrenunlimitedinc.org will help them to raise thriving kids. Community Bridges By third grade, children from low-income households in New www.communitybridgesnh.org Hampshire have already fallen behind their better-off peers in math Coös Coalition www.investincooskids.com and reading. And they risk staying behind. Couch Family Foundation But solutions are at hand, with proven strategies that change that www.couchfoundation.org trajectory for kids. Early Learning NH Community investment during the early childhood years translates www.earlylearningnh.org to school readiness, success in high school, higher levels of Endowment for Health educational attainment, economic security, productivity and civic www.endowmentforhealth.org engagement — and savings in everything from special education Family Resource Center of Central EARLY CHILDHOOD New Hampshire costs to rehabilitation programs and prison costs. www.lrcs.org/family-resource-center Every dollar invested in early childhood development nets an DEVELOPMENT HNH Foundation average $7 return in productivity and saved societal costs — from www.hnhfoundation.org savings in costly interventions later to gains in future productivity. Impact Monadnock Children with access to high-quality early childhood programs — like this little boy from Berlin — are more likely to www.impactmonadnock.org succeed in school and relationships, to become adults who thrive and contribute to their communities. Studies have shown that when disadvantaged children have increased quality early learning experiences, their earnings in Lakes Region Community Services www.lrcs.org adulthood are boosted by 25 percent. GOAL: All kids receive high-quality early care and education New Hampshire Children’s Trust Investing in our kids is an economic imperative. Kids who are www.nhchildrenstrust.org supported by their communities today become adults who will New Hampshire Community Loan Fund WHY IT MATTERS a high-quality early learning center, he is more likely contribute to those communities tomorrow. Like that baby in the www.nhclf.org to succeed in school and relationships, to thrive in his At an early childhood development center in Berlin, North Country, all of our kids deserve the kind of early start that Northern Human Services an infant coos and squeaks, smiling at his teacher. His community and in his career. will help them thrive. www.northernhs.org teacher makes eye contact, smiles back and says “Well, But too many of our children are not getting that River Center www.rivercenter.us good morning!” opportunity. WE’RE WORKING TO: Those people were not just passing the time. That Many of the 28,000 New Hampshire kids who live Salem Family Resources ■ Increase quality and quantity of early learning centers serving www.salemfamilyresources.org baby’s brain just grew. in poverty lack access to high-quality early childhood low-income kids. Southern New Hampshire Services Research in pediatric neurology is conclusive: Healthy development programs. Parents need access to other ■ Expand access to parenting classes and other services for young www.snhs.org brain development and growth depend on positive social critical supports — parenting education, developmental at-risk moms and dads. Spark NH interaction early in life. A strong foundation in the preschool screening tools, job training, financial literacy — that www.sparknh.com ■ Increase the number of children receiving consistent screenings to years is critical to all learning that comes later. In the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund identify developmental challenges early on. www.nhcf.org/tillotson absence of such experience, or when children experience 700 NEW NEURAL ■ Strengthen state policies and funding to support early care significant stress, brain circuitry does not develop as it TLC Family Resource Center CONNECTIONS are and education. www.tlcfamilyrc.org should — with devastating effects on cognitive and social formed EVERY SECOND Each of these goals is dependent on the dedicated work, collaboration White Mountains Community College growth which can lead to expensive problems later. in the young brain. www.wmcc.edu and commitment of scores of partners. Please see list at right. That baby in Berlin is fortunate — because he is in *partial list

4 NEW HAMPSHIRE TOMORROW NEW HAMPSHIRE TOMORROW 5 After just one year of spending time with GRANTEES* a “Big,” children show improvements in Appalachian Mountain Club www.outdoors.org academics, relationships with parents, Arts in Reach trust, aspirations. www.artsinreach.org Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Hampshire enrichment activities, and mentors who help them succeed. All of www.bbbsnh.org those things act as guardrails to help keep kids on track. Boys & Girls Clubs But many poor kids don’t have those guardrails. Many live www.bgca.org isolated lives, falling behind in school early, detached from CASA of New Hampshire community and the supports they so achingly need. They are less www.casanh.org likely to finish high school and go to college, and their earnings The Circle Program www.circleprogram.org potential is less. The cycle continues when they have their own City Year New Hampshire kids, often early and unprepared. Mentors can help break that cycle www.cityyear.org/newhampshire and help kids grow into healthy and successful adults. FAMILY AND YOUTH Disability Rights Center Thousands of kids in New Hampshire need support. More than www.drcnh.org SUPPORTS one in ten of New Hampshire’s kids are living in poverty. Hundreds Easter Seals of children, most of them boys, are awaiting mentor matches www.easterseals.com/nh through Big Brothers Big Sisters alone. Families First Thanks to her “Big Sister” Michelle, Lexi will be more likely to thrive in school and relationships and grow into a strong, www.familiesfirstseacoast.org responsible, independent adult. But there is something we can do: Investment in mentoring Families in Transition programs and family supports means increased academic success www.fitnh.org for kids, healthier and more stable families, and saved societal GOAL: All kids have strong families and role models The Family Resource Center costs. It helps kids like Lexi grow into healthy and successful adults www.family-resource-center.org who will contribute to New Hampshire communities tomorrow. The Friends Program independent adult. It’s what everyone hopes for WHY IT MATTERS www.friendsprogram.org their kids. Michelle and Lexi are not related. But Michelle is one of The Front Door Agency WE’RE WORKING TO: the most important people in Lexi’s life. But kids don’t become those thriving adults on their www.frontdooragency.org ■ Help high-quality mentoring programs serve more kids. Lexi was born into hardship, and has experienced own. They need a community that includes family, Girls Inc. ■ Support effective after-school, summer camp and youth more of it than any 7-year-old should. teachers and other mentors. When kids thrive, and www.girlsincnewhampshire.org leadership programs serving New Hampshire kids. Michelle is Lexi’s “Big Sister.” And when this small have the chance to grow into thriving adults, our Girls at Work Inc. ■ Improve access to programs and services for vulnerable families www.girlswork.org child enters the circle of this successful and caring communities and our economy are stronger. Marguerite’s Place Not all kids get that chance. Kids from wealthy and through family resource centers and other organizations. woman, she relaxes a little and stands a little taller. www.margueritesplace.org ■ well-educated families have more access to high- Advance family-friendly public policies. Mentoring programs like Big Brothers Big Sisters help The Mayhew Program kids thrive. quality early childhood education, better schools and Each of these goals is dependent on the dedicated work, www.mayhew.org After just one year of spending time with a collaboration and commitment of scores of partners. Please see Pemi Youth Center “Big,” children show improvements in academics, list at right. www.pemiyouthcenter.org 300 CHILDREN, most relationships with parents, trust, aspirations. They are The Upper Room, of them boys, are awaiting A Family Resource Center more likely to stay in school and less likely to engage in www.urteachers.org MENTOR MATCHES risky behavior than their peers who lacked mentors. YMCA through Big Brothers Big Sisters. Michelle hopes that her presence in Lexi’s life helps www.ymcasofnh.org her “Little Sister” grow into a strong, responsible, *partial list

6 NEW HAMPSHIRE TOMORROW NEW HAMPSHIRE TOMORROW 7 Quality prevention programs help young PARTNERS AND GRANTEES* people make healthy choices and grow Center for Excellence in Alcohol and Other Drug Services into healthy adults who will sustain our www.nhcenterforexcellence.org communities tomorrow. Farnum Center www.farnumcenter.org Granite United Way is one of many proven prevention programs and protocols that the www.graniteuw.org Foundation supports. Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Prevention during adolescence is key: Adolescence through young www.hiltonfoundation.org adulthood is a critical period for brain development and the time when Life of an Athlete Program addiction is most likely to take root. Quality prevention programs help www.nhiaa.org young people make healthy choices and grow into healthy adults who New Futures www.new-futures.org will sustain our communities tomorrow. New Hampshire Bureau of Drug New Hampshire’s young people have some of the highest rates of and Alcohol Services SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION, substance use in the country. Addiction to alcohol and other drugs is a www.dhhs.nh.gov/dcbcs/bdas/ public health crisis that threatens our young people’s physical, emotional New Hampshire Children’s Behavioral TREATMENT AND RECOVERY and economic well-being, and has ripple effects across public health, Health Collaborative www.nh4youth.org public safety and the economy. For every dollar invested in prevention, New Hampshire Regional Public Health The Life of an Athlete prevention program helps high school students understand how sleep and nutrition — and treatment and recovery, up to $12 are returned in productivity and Network System substance use — affect their performance on the field. earnings, and in avoided health care and other societal costs. www.nhphn.org The Foundation’s goal of a 5 percent decrease in youth alcohol Partnership for a Drug-Free New Hampshire use by 2017 was met in early 2015 and we continue to work toward GOAL: All kids live healthy lives free of substance use www.drugfreenh.org further improvement. We are also working to reduce rates of use of Screen and Intervene, other drugs and to have 10,000 youth receive medical screening for a NH Youth SBIRT Initiative WHY IT MATTERS The science has the kids riveted: One night of binge substance use by 2017. www.sbirtnh.org Leaders from Concord High School’s sports teams drinking wipes out the equivalent of two weeks of All of our kids need prevention education that keeps them healthy. Concord Hospital listen intently as a guest speaker from the Life of an training. Student athletes who drink have a 54 percent And, should they need it, kids deserve community support and access Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Athlete program talks about alcohol. rate of injury, compared with 24 percent for those who to the treatment that will help them recover. Health First Family Care Center Alcohol, he explains, is a metabolic poison. As the don’t. And the science is working. Evidence shows that Goodwin Community Health body works to eliminate the poison, lung capacity the program changes behavior. WE‘RE WORKING TO: Manchester Community Health Center is diminished. Reaction time is slowed. You can’t Life of an Athlete is offered by the New Hampshire ■ Increase access to treatment and recovery services. Mid-State Community Health Center accelerate as fast, lateral speed is diminished and Interscholastic Athletic Association. The idea is to ■ Prevent substance use by expanding proven programs. Valley Regional Hospital endurance suffers. Use of alcohol, he says, reduces drive culture change across entire school communities, ■ Expand the number of medical providers asking teens about Weeks Medical Center performance potential in high school athletes by starting with athletes — who often lead in other areas. It their substance use. Wentworth-Douglass Hospital between 15 and 30 percent. ■ Strengthen public policy and funding to expand prevention, White Mountain Community You can almost hear the calculations whizzing. That’s SUBSTANCE USE COSTS treatment and recovery programs. Health Center about 17 miles per hour off an 85-mph fastball. That’s New Hampshire $1.8 BILLION ANNUALLY Serenity Place 2.4 seconds added to a 12-second 100m time. in lost worker productivity and earnings, Each of these goals is dependent on the dedicated work, collaboration www.serenityplace.org That’s real. Much more real than that puzzling egg- health care costs, public safety and and commitment of scores of partners. Please see list at right. Youth Leadership Through Adventure Program in-the-frying-pan metaphor of a generation ago. criminal justice expenses. www.nchcnh.org/CSAP_about.php *partial list

8 NEW HAMPSHIRE TOMORROW NEW HAMPSHIRE TOMORROW 9 Career pathways help students get the PARTNERS*

education they need — and help build Albany International the workforce of tomorrow. www.albint.com Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire New Hampshire employers — particularly in high-tech fields — are www.biaofnh.com having trouble filling jobs and are deeply worried about the future of Community College System our workforce. Demographic trends point to a decrease in the state’s of New Hampshire www.ccsnh.edu working-age population while available jobs are projected to increase. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) www.dartmouth-hitchcock.org present some of the greatest opportunity. Demand for STEM workers Dyn is high and projected to remain so, but supply is low: New Hampshire www.dyn.com ranks 49th in the nation for the number of STEM credentials awarded Fidelity Investments compared with the number of employees needed. www.fidelity.com More than ever, our kids need help to afford higher education and Graphicast www.graphicast.com EDUCATION AND CAREER training. Decades of tuition inflation coupled with low rates of state Hitchiner Manufacturing investment and stagnated federal aid mean New Hampshire students PATHWAYS www.hitchiner.com bear the highest debt load in the nation. Tomorrow’s teachers, Hypertherm business people, historians, musicians, engineers, doctors, plumbers www.hypertherm.com Students are learning computer programming and earning college credits thanks to a new career pathway and firefighters all need help to get the education they need to get Lumina Foundation program at Portsmouth High School. good jobs in New Hampshire. Generous New Hampshire citizens who www.luminafoundation.org have created scholarship funds make it possible for the Foundation to New Hampshire Ball Bearings www.nhbb.com GOAL: All kids get the education and training they need to award more than $5 million to New Hampshire students each year. New Hampshire Coalition for thrive in the workplace Together, we can help New Hampshire’s kids get the education they Business and Education need to thrive and help create a skilled workforce so our businesses www.nhcbe.org WHY IT MATTERS University of New Hampshire in Manchester. Other can succeed and grow. And we can help make sure that all of our kids New Hampshire Department of Education colleges will also accept the credits. Students could have the opportunity to become adults who sustain and strengthen Reece Carolan and Jeffrey Pitts have the chance to earn www.education.nh.gov potentially start work after earning the certificate, New Hampshire communities tomorrow. 12 computer science credits from Great Bay Community New Hampshire Department College — without leaving their high school. and then take advantage of an employer’s tuition of Resources & Economic Development Both are Portsmouth High School students planning reimbursement program to complete their degrees. WE’RE WORKING TO: www.dred.state.nh.us to study computer science in college. The Foundation helped launch this and other pathways ■ Provide scholarships to the most talented students in need. Office of the Governor, They are participating in a brand-new computer science throughout the state to help students get the education ■ Align student aid with New Hampshire’s workforce needs and State of New Hampshire pathway program. The 12 credits students earn while in high they need — and help build the workforce of tomorrow. best-paying careers, including those requiring certificates and www.governor.nh.gov school — taught by Great Bay faculty and offered at a minimal Our economy increasingly demands higher skill levels. two-year degrees. Reaching Higher NH www.reachinghighernh.org fee — can be applied to a 24-credit certificate program ■ Invest in effective pathways to work, including dual-enrollment University System of New Hampshire in computer programming or a 34-credit certificate in programs and apprenticeships. NEW HAMPSHIRE RANKS www.usnh.edu software development. Those credits can then apply toward in the nation for the number ■ Advance the state’s goal of 65 percent of New Hampshire adults 49TH *partial list a 67-credit associate degree in computer technologies. of STEM CREDENTIALS having post-secondary degrees or credentials by 2025.

An agreement is in the works to allow those credits AWARDED compared with the Each of these goals is dependent on the dedicated work, collaboration to transfer to a degree in computer science at the number of employees needed. and commitment of scores of partners. Please see list at right.

10 NEW HAMPSHIRE TOMORROW NEW HAMPSHIRE TOMORROW 11 NEW HAMPSHIRE TOMORROW LEADERSHIP COUNCIL The Foundation’s New Hampshire Tomorrow plan is advised by:

Maureen Beauregard Eric Gregg Rep. Latha Mangipudi President and Founder Founder and Principal (D) Hillsborough Families in Transition Four Tree Island Advisory LLC New Hampshire House of Howard Brodsky Rt. Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld Representatives Co-Founder, Chairman Bishop Dianne Mercier LET’S WORK and Co-Chief Executive Officer The Episcopal Church of President, New Hampshire CCA Global Partners New Hampshire People’s United Bank Sister Paula Marie Buley Jeremy Hitchcock Paul Montrone President Founder and Board Member Founder and Chair TOGETHER Dyn Perspecta Trust Please join us with your best ideas, your energy, commitment, voices and resources Jackie Cowell Thomas Horgan John Morison Executive Director President and CEO Chairman and CEO to make sure that every one of our children has access to the opportunities they Early Learning NH New Hampshire Council of Hitchiner Manufacturing need to thrive. Christopher Diego Universities and Colleges J. Bonnie Newman Managing Director Sylvia Larsen Business, Education and Mountain View Grand Resort Former Senate President Government Leader Stephen Duprey New Hampshire State Senate Richard Ober To support New Hampshire Tomorrow or President Donnalee Lozeau President and CEO designate your gift to one of the four critical Foxfire Property Management Executive Director New Hampshire Charitable and The Duprey Companies Southern New Hampshire Foundation areas, visit www.nhcf.org/nhtomorrow. Dr. Stephen Gehlbach Services Amanda Grappone Osmer Dean Emeritus, School of Public Kate Luczko Owner Health and Health Sciences President and CEO Grappone Companies Support our nonprofit partners working on University of – Stay Work Play Christine Rath Amherst John Lynch Former Superintendent these critical issues. Ross Gittell Former Governor Concord School District Chancellor State of New Hampshire See previous pages and our website for lists of partners and grantees. Jim Roche Community College System of Edward MacKay President New Hampshire Director, Division of Higher Business and Industry Association Yvonne Goldsberry Education For more information, contact us at 800-464-6641: President New Hampshire Department of Endowment for Health Education EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT FAMILY AND YOUTH SUPPORTS Christina Lachance, director of early childhood and family initiatives, ext. 262 or [email protected] NEW HAMPSHIRE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Roy Ballentine Ross Gittell Matthew Pierson SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY Wolfeboro Portsmouth Chair Tym Rourke, director of substance use disorders grantmaking, Maureen Beauregard Eric Herr Bedford ext. 295 or [email protected] Strafford Vice Chair Joseph Reilly Mary Johanna Brown Bristol Treasurer EDUCATION AND CAREER PATHWAYS Rye Lucy Hodder Bedford Judy Burrows, director of student aid, ext. 224 or [email protected] Sister Paula Marie Buley Hopkinton Sherilyn Young Secretary Kenneth Kinder Concord Nashua Pike Mil Duncan Richard Ober New Castle Dublin

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©2016 New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Text written by Lois Shea. Cover photo by Paiwei Wei. All other photos by Cheryl Senter unless noted. 7/2017