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New Hampshire
- Drug and Mental Health Courts, 855-212-1234
- Location: 38 Centerra Parkway, Lebanon, NH 03766-0247
- Location of Adult Drug Court: 3785 Dartmouth College Highway, North Haverhill, NH 03774, 603-787-6961
- Specialty court programs for non-violent offenders with substance abuse or mental health issues are available in various Superior and Circuit Court District Division locations in New Hampshire. These specialty courts combine community based treatment programs with strict court supervision and progressive incentives and sanctions. By linking offenders to treatment services, the program aims to address offender's substance abuse and mental health issues that led to criminal behavior, thereby reducing recidivism, and protecting public safety. These specialty court programs are designed to promote compliance with treatment programs as an alternative to jail time.
- Circuit Court Family Division, 1-855-212-1234
- Location: 2nd Circuit - Family Division – Lebanon, 38 Centerra Parkway, Lebanon, NH 03766-0768
- The Family Division handles cases of "Children in Need of Services" also known as CHINS. Petitions are filed to assist children experiencing serious difficulties and who are in need of services in order to protect the child from the long lasting impact of harmful behavior. These petitions may be filed by parents, guardians, schools or law enforcement with the consent of the NH Department of Health and Human Services.
- Office of Public Guardian, 603-224-8041
- Location: 2 Pillsbury Street, Suite 400, Concord, NH 03301
- The Office of Public Guardian, a private nonprofit corporation, provides guardianship and advocacy services through the state to legally incapacitated adults, including those with developmental disabilities, mental illness, dementia and traumatic brain injury. Their professional staff provides depth of experience and a wide array of services to clients on a fee for services basis, as well as to qualified indigent clients through a contract with the state of New Hampshire.
- The Pro Bono Program of the New Hampshire Bar Association, 603-224-6942
- Location: 2 Pillsbury Street, Suite 300, Concord, NH 03301
- Pro Bono is a private (nongovernmental) nonprofit operated through and supported by the NH Bar Association. They coodinate private attorneys who volunteer to help low-income people with non-criminal legal problems and needs. They partner with NH Legal Assistance and Legal Advice & Referral Center to serve low-income families and individuals with basic legal issues.
- NH Public Defenders Office, 603-224-1236
- Location: 10 Ferry Street, Suite 425, Concord, NH 03301
- THe NH Public Defenders Office's well trained and highly skilled attorneys represent indigent criminal defendants and children in delinquency proceedings in every District, Family and Superior Court in New Hampshire. They also serve as appointed counsel in appellate cases in the NH Supreme Court. If you want to make an application for an appointed attorney, or if you have any questions at all about where you are eligible, go to the court where your charges are pending and ask to speak to someone in the Clerk's Office who can help you apply for an appointed attorney in your criminal case. The NH Public Defenders Office has offices throughout the state.
- Special Needs Trusts, John Kitchen Law Offices, 603-524-5765 (Laconia), 603-669-6541 (Manchester area)
- Locations: 55 Church Street, Laconia, NH 03246 and 15 Dartmouth Dr., Suite 203, Auburn, NH 03032
- John Kitchen specializes in creating special needs trusts. The special needs trust is often a good approach when a person has a disability. However, it is not appropriate in all circumstances. If a person with disabilities does not have a guardian and is able to manage his or her own finances, keeping the money and property in his or her own name is certainly the most straightforward approach. This approach also gives the person with disabilities the most independence and control over his or her own finances. This would not be a good approach, however, if a person has difficulty handling money. Also, whether or not a person has difficulty with money, having property in one's own name can cause disqualification from vital public benefits including Social Security Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid. Even if a person does not receive Medicaid at the present time, it may be vital later as a safety net. Whether the money or property pertaining to the person with disabilities is an inheritance, a personal injuries settlement, a social security lump sum payment or funds raised in a community for a person with disabilities, disqualification can occur when funds are held in the name of the person with disabilities receiving needs-based public benefits.
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