Advisory Organizations

The NH Child Care Advisory Council was created to support the development of quality, affordable child care statewide, and provide a forum for the gathering and dissemination of information among groups concerned with child care and related services.

For more about the council, go to the NH Child Care Advisory Council web page. 

The Child Fatality Review Committee is grounded in the belief that a child’s preventable death is a community’s responsibility. A sentinel (unanticipated) event should raise a call to action. The primary goal is to learn what happened and prevent harm to other children in New Hampshire.

For more about the committee, go to the Child Fatality Review Committee page. 

The Council for Thriving Children was established by Governor Chris Sununu as New Hampshire's Early Childhood Council, alongside officials from the New Hampshire Department of Education, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, members from the University System of New Hampshire, and Early Childhood Development Stakeholders.

For more about the council, go to the Council for Thriving Children website. 

The Council on Housing Stability has been established for the purposes of creating and implementing a plan to create housing stability for all citizens of the State of New Hampshire.

For more about the council, go to the Council on Housing Stability website. 

The Crisis Standards of Care State Disaster Medical Advisory Committee consists of representatives from key stakeholders and leaders from health and medical stakeholders and associations to provide guidance to health care facilities and make recommendations to Governor Sununu during a crisis period.

To read more about the committee, go to the Crisis Standards of Care State Disaster Medical Advisory Committee web page. 

This governance board was established by HB2 Section 126-A:104, to oversee the Department of Health and Human Services' use of data, data privacy, and information technology security. 

For more about the board, go to the Data Privacy and Information Technology Security Governance Board web page. 

The Division for Children, Youth & Families (DCYF) Advisory Board advise the Director of DCYF on policy and program priorities for children, youth & families in New Hampshire. The DCYF Advisory Board members serve as advocates to ensure that children and youth are guaranteed an independent voice within the public policy process.

To read more about the board, go to the DCYF Advisory Board web page. 

The Developmental Services Quality Council was established to provide leadership for consistent, systemic review and improvement of the quality of the developmental disability and acquired brain disorder services provided within New Hampshire's developmental services system.

For more about the council, go to the Developmental Services Quality Council web page. 

The mission of the Governor's Commission on Alcohol and Other Drugs is to significantly reduce alcohol and drug problems and their behavioral, health and social consequences for the citizens of New Hampshire by advising the Governor regarding the delivery of effective and coordinated alcohol and drug abuse prevention, treatment and recovery services throughout the state.

For more about the commission, go to the Governor's Commission on Alcohol and Other Drugs web page. 

The New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects (NH DHHS CPHS) is the Institutional Review Board (IRB) is charged with overseeing research conducted in department-funded programs that serve people with primarily mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse or dependence disorders. 

For more about the board, go to the Institutional Review Board web page. 

The NH Interagency Coordinating Council is a federally-mandated council serves as an advisory group to the DHHS Bureau for Family Centered Services to oversee Family Centered Early supports and Services for children birth to age three who have or are at risk of having developmental delays and their families.

For more about the council, go to the NH Interagency Coordinating Council web page. 

The Juvenile Justice State Advisory Group provides leadership to the State and communities on juveniles and their families by providing resources, program evaluation and technical assistance through advocacy, and education in collaboration with State and local government and communities.

For more about the commission, go to the Juvenile Justice Reform Commission web page. 

The Legislative Commission on the Interdisciplinary Primary Care Workforce is an ongoing commission to plan and advocate for policy changes related to maintaining and strengthening an effective primary care workforce in New Hampshire, with a special concern for rural and other underserved areas. 

For more about the commission, go to the Legislative Commission on the Interdisciplinary Primary Care Workforce web page. 

The New Hampshire Maternal Mortality Review Committee (NH MMRC) was legislatively established in 2010 to begin reviewing pregnancy-associated deaths in response to rising national and state trends. To support this work, NH DHHS received an ERASE MM grant (Enhancing Review and Surveillance to Eliminate Maternal Mortality) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2019 and in 2020 officially became an AIM (Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health) state.

To learn more about the committee, got to the New Hampshire Maternal Mortality Review Committee web page. 

The New Hampshire Medicaid Advisory Committee is a public advisory group established to advise the State Medicaid Director regarding New Hampshire Medicaid policy and planning.

For more about the committee, go to the Medicaid Advisory Committee web page. 

House Bill 1639 established an opioid abatement trust fund and the advisory commission that will oversee it. DHHS, in consultation with this commission, shall use the fund to support programs associated with the prevention, treatment, and recovery of substance use disorders.

For more about the commission, go to the Opioid Abatement Trust Fund & Advisory Commission web page. 

Under RSA 126-BB, the New Hampshire Prescription Drug Affordability Board was established to identify strategies that optimize spending by public payers for pharmaceutical products, while reasonably ensuring prescriber access to needed pharmaceutical products. 

For more about the board, got to the Prescription Drug Affordability Board web page. 

The Public Health Improvement Services Council will sustain the oversight of the public health improvement efforts that began with the Public Health Improvement Action Plan Advisory Committee (PHIAP) in February 2006. The Council also oversees public health regionalization initiatives.

The purpose of the Rare Disease Advisory Council is to provide information on rare diseases in New Hampshire and to advise and make recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services and the legislature.

To learn more, go to the Rare Disease Advisory Council page. 

The New Hampshire Suicide Prevention Council is dedicated to promoting awareness that suicide is a preventable public health problem. Together, we can raise awareness and increase access to mental health, substance misuse, and suicide prevention services.

For more about the council, go to the New Hampshire Suicide Prevention Council web page. 

The Therapeutic Cannabis Medical Oversight Board was established monitor and contribute to the oversight of the clinical, quality, and public health related matters of the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes.

For more about the board, go to the Therapeutic Cannabis Medical Oversight Board web page. 

DHHS convenes the NH Vital Records Privacy Board (VRPB) for Health-related Research that reviews proposals for research on human subjects requesting identifiable vital records (birth, death, fetal death, marriage and divorce).

For more about the board, go to the Vital Records Privacy Board for Health-related Research web page. 

The NH Youth Advisory Board is made up of teens in out-of-home care between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one. The board is composed of five regional teams that meet on a monthly basis and quarterly as one group to work on a variety of initiatives aimed at improving the lives of youth in care.

For more about the board, go to the NH Youth Advisory Board web page.