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UNH Contract Expands Treatment for Youth and Young Adults with Substance Use Disorders in NH

The NH Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Children’s Behavioral Health and Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services recently awarded UNH’s Institute on Disability (IOD) a $244k contract to expand the Creating Connections NH program, a behavioral health initiative that supports youth and young adults with substance use disorders. This expansion will provide enhanced research-based treatment and peer support to highly vulnerable youth in the seacoast, Laconia, Manchester, and southeast regions of the state. Ìı

Favorable Winds

As the Biden administration announces a plan to expand the development of offshore wind energy development (OWD) along the East Coast, research from UNH shows significant support from an unlikely group, coastal recreation visitors. From boat enthusiasts to anglers, researchers found surprisingly widespread support with close to 77% of coastal recreation visitors supporting potential OWD along the New Hampshire Seacoast.

Reactions in Action

New UNH research has uncovered a novel way of studying protein interactions which may improve the efficacy of a class of drugs — called allosteric drugs — that treat diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and neurological disorders. The research also has the potential to significantly cut time and cost of preliminary allosteric drug design by incorporating a new form of computer simulation analysis.

Concord Monitor: People Move to N.H. in Pandemic

According to research published by Carsey School demographer Kenneth Johnson, the pandemic has many reassessing their lives, including where they live.ÌıThe Census Bureau indicates NH’s population grew by 5,500 to 1,366,000 between July 2019 and July 2020.Ìı“In contrast, the region as a whole and four of its six states lost population between July 2019 and July 2020, due in part to mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic,†said Johnson.

The Laconia Daily Sun: Real estate updates in the Lakes Region

Research published by Carsey School demographer Kenneth Johnson shows that New Hampshire is gaining significantly more migrants from other U.S. destinations than earlier in the decade.ÌıThe largest gains are among young adults 18 to 29. Each year, an average of 8,300 more people moved to New Hampshire than left it for other U.S. destinations between 2015 and 2019. This is good news for NH, which is challenged by an aging workforce and population.