Budget

New Hampshire’s biennial budget reflects the Granite State’s public policy priorities. It allocates funding to critical programs that support the health and wellbeing of residents as well as the  vitality of the state’s economy and workforce.

NHFPI analyzes recent budget trends, highlighting future challenges and opportunities. The following resources direct a keen eye towards how the State Budget is meeting its key public priorities, with special events that track the development of this important legislation.

2026 NHFPI Budget and Policy Conference

Join policymakers, advocates, researchers, journalists, and community leaders from across the Granite State on December 4, 2026 for NHFPI’s annual Budget & Policy Conference, a full day of data-driven conversations about New Hampshire’s State Budget and the policy choices shaping life across the state. From housing affordability and child care to health care, public education, ...

New Analysis: State-Mandated Budget Reductions Affect Health Programs, with Larger Cuts Likely Ahead

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.

State Curtails Funding for Health Services, with Larger Cuts Expected This Fiscal Year

After lawmakers passed the State Budget, several state agencies were required to make additional "back-of-budget" spending reductions. NHFPI's new analysis examines how the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services implemented its required $25.5 million cut and finds the reductions affected programs that help Granite Staters access mental health care, support children and families, protect public health, and put food on the table.