New Hampshire Children’s Trust Convenes Over 20 Partners at Community Commitment to Family Well-Being Event

Annual gathering highlights the strength of New Hampshire’s family support network during Child Abuse Prevention Month

Carroll Berg, Communications Manager

New Hampshire Children’s Trust

(603) 224-1279

cberg@nhchildrenstrust.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 6, 2025

CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire Children’s Trust (NHCT) and General Federation of Women’s Clubs – New Hampshire co-hosted the Community Commitment to Family Well-Being Event on April 23, 2025, bringing together families, advocates, and community leaders in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month. The event was supported by Representative Mary Jane Wallner, whose presence reflected a shared commitment across sectors to investing in the well-being of New Hampshire’s families and children. Together, the gathering underscored a belief at the heart of NHCT’s mission: when communities invest in families, children thrive.

More than 20 organizations joined NHCT, surrounded by Prevention Pinwheel Gardens, to offer resources, information, and direct connection to services that strengthen families across the Granite State. The gathering reflected the power of a collective approach to primary prevention — one grounded in the Strengthening Families framework and its five protective factors: parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child development, concrete support in times of need, and social and emotional competence of children.

“These pinwheels remind us that prevention is not only possible, but achievable when communities come together,” said Christina Lachance, President of New Hampshire Children’s Trust. “This year’s theme ‘Pinwheels of Possibilities’ challenges us to imagine and to build a future where preventing child abuse and neglect is not just an aspiration, but the norm. It calls on us to think differently, to not focus on only responding to harm, but by creating the conditions where all children and families can succeed from the start.”

The event brought together a broad cross-section of New Hampshire’s family-serving ecosystem, with representatives from healthcare, behavioral health, peer support, and Community Action Programs. Participating organizations included:

ABLE NH, AmeriHealth Caritas New Hampshire, Amoskeag Health, Archways – New Hampshire, Community Action Partnership – Hillsborough and Rockingham Counties, Concord Pediatrics, Easterseals New Hampshire, GFWC New Hampshire, The Granite YMCA, Lakes Region Community Services, NAMI New Hampshire, New Futures, New Hampshire Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Salem Family Resources, Thrive Survivor Support Center, The Upper Room, a Family Resource Center, Waypoint, The Webster House, White Birch Center 

NHCT and its partners remain committed to building a New Hampshire where every child grows up safe, nurtured, and supported, and where families have access to the connections and resources they need to thrive.

For more information about New Hampshire Children’s Trust and its programs, visit www.nhchildrenstrust.org or call (603) 224-1279.

About New Hampshire Children’s Trust

New Hampshire Children’s Trust (NHCT) has close to four decades of experience collaborating with professionals to develop integrated approaches for training, technical assistance, evaluation, quality improvement, and program support for organizations working to promote safe, stable, and nurturing environments for children in New Hampshire. NHCT works statewide with family strengthening agencies, initiatives, coalitions, and systems. Established in 1986, NHCT is the Governor’s appointed statewide prevention agency, the New Hampshire chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA), and a member of the Children’s Trust Fund Alliance.