Carroll County projects to receive federal funding
WASHINGTON – Several health-related projects in Carroll County are slated to receive federal finding in the final government funding bills for fiscal year 2024. Among them are improvements at the Mt. Washington Valley Adult Day Center, Starting Point, the former Carroll County Nursing Home and White Mountains Community College.
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, recently announced more than $100 million has been secured for 101 New Hampshire projects.
The federal investments, appropriated through the Congressionally Directed Spending process, will go towards a range of Granite State priorities throughout the state, including water and transportation infrastructure, health care facility investments, educational training, resources to combat homelessness, support for substance use disorder programs, tools to build safe and prosperous communities and much more.
“As a senior member of the Appropriations Committee who helps craft these bills, I was proud to secure more than $100 million in Congressionally Directed Spending for a range of critical projects that will make life better for Granite Staters,” said Shaheen. “From investments in health care facilities and educational training to resources to combat homelessness and the substance use disorder crisis, these projects will help our communities and our state thrive.”
Among the projects, $17,419,000 is slated to support health care and education needs, including:
• Mount Washington Valley Adult Day Center: $71,000 to upgrade air purification equipment to ensure the health and safety of their program participants and staff.
• Starting Point Carroll County: $200,000 to provide necessary repairs and renovations to their emergency shelter for victims of domestic and sexual violence, as well as human trafficking. These include energy efficient lighting, metal roof replacement and solar panel purchase and installation.
• Carroll County: $2,000,000 to renovate Carroll County’s former nursing home in Ossipee and create a community hub of municipal, educational and social services.
• Children Unlimited, Inc.: $115,000 to provide direct outreach, personalized technical assistance and transitional, earned financial resources to 10 struggling early childhood centers in the Region 7 Early Childhood Partnership area.
• White Mountain Community College: $1,000,000 to renovate and upgrade the science and nursing laboratories at the main campus in Berlin, New Hampshire.
• Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH): $280,000 to create and implement an outreach and communications plan about dual and concurrent enrollment opportunities for New Hampshire high school students.
• Addiction Recovery Coalition of New Hampshire: $308,000 to add a Certified Recovery Support Worker to serve the residents of New Hampshire, to provide 1:1 peer support, connection to wrap around services and referral to treatment providers.
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) New Hampshire, $128,000 to expand services and improve access to support and resources for Granite Staters affected by co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
• Dartmouth Health: $1,292,000 to implement a training program for licensed clinical social workers.
• Lakes Region Mental Health Center: $630,000 for the implementation of and technical assistance for an Electronic Health Records system upgrade.
