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.