It was deja vu Thursday for child advocates who’ve watched with frustration as lawmakers have repeatedly failed to close and replace the 144-bed Sununu Youth Services Center with a facility that emphasizes therapy over detention.
It was deja vu Thursday for child advocates who’ve watched with frustration as lawmakers have repeatedly failed to close and replace the 144-bed Sununu Youth Services Center with a facility that emphasizes therapy over detention. The Senate bill that.
Lawmakers in Concord facing a hard deadline to close the Sununu Youth Services Center in March are working to extend the deadline while coming up with a new, alternative facility.
Joe Ribsam is director of the Division for Children, Youth & Families at the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. Over the last five years, New Hampshire has transformed the way it serves juvenile offenders. During this time, the.