UNH Today

CT News Junkie: Opinion: Worker Recall Legislation Essential for Racial Justice

Research publishedÌýby the Carsey School and authored byÌýRogelio Saenz and Corey Sparks was recently cited by Sean Edmund Rogers in an opinion piece in the CT News Junkie.ÌýTheir researchÌýfound that last April, 2020, during the pandemic, Latinos had the highest unemployment rate at nearly 19%, followed by Black workers at 16.4%. Whites had the lowest unemployment level at approximately 13%.Ìý

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. Ìý