After lawmakers passed the State Budget, several state agencies were required to make additional significant "back-of-budget" spending reductions, leaving agency officials to decide which programs would absorb the cuts. NHFPI's new analysis examines how the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services implemented its required $25.5 million reduction for the first year of the State Budget biennium. The analysis finds that the required reductions affected programs that help Granite Staters access mental health care, support children and families, protect public health, and put food on the table. The report also warns that larger service impacts are likely this fiscal year as one-time savings are largely exhausted and new federal policy changes increase financial pressures on state health care spending.
NHFPI is pleased to welcome Emily Soule as a New Hampshire State Policy Fellow through the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ State Priorities Partnership.
A new NHFPI analysis found that New Hampshire added approximately 36,600 residents between 2020 and 2025, but that growth was not distributed evenly across the state.
The price of child care in New Hampshire continued to rise in 2025 while the number of providers declined, placing growing financial pressure on Granite State families seeking affordable, high-quality care for their children, according to a new analysis from the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute.
New Hampshire is attracting younger workers and families from other states, but rising housing, child care, and health care costs may make it harder for people to remain in the Granite State long-term.
As Memorial Day weekend approaches and many Granite Staters prepare for summer road trips, rising gasoline prices are increasing pressure on household budgets and could also create longer-term challenges for maintaining New Hampshire’s roads and bridges, according to a new analysis from the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute.
