Two years into the pandemic, we are just starting to emerge from the other side. These times have been challenging for all. The American Psychological Association (APA) reports...
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Youth Voice at Risk of Being Silenced: A Statement from Makin’ It Happen Executive Director Mary Forsythe-Taber
Tomorrow a hearing will be held in the New Hampshire Senate’s Educational Committee on HB 1639. This bill aims to make the Youth Risk Behavioral Survey (YRBS) an opt-in survey...
QPR Training with the IMPACCT Academy
Jane Skantze and Debbie Baird worked together to offer the 2022 IMPACCT Academy QPR training! QPR is a suicide prevention training provided through our Resiliency Essentials...
Celebrating National Library Week
The modern library has become more than a place to read and borrow books! For this National Library Week, chatted with the Manchester City Library and Hooksett Library about the...
National Public Health Week
National Public Health Week is this week. This year’s theme, Public Health Is Where You Are, celebrates what we know is true: The places where we are, physically, mentally, and...
Celebrating National Social Work Month
March was National Social Work Month. Makin’ It Happen is grateful for all the amazing social workers that serve the Greater Manchester community and beyond. In honor of National...
Friends of Aine
Christine Phillips, Executive Director of Friends of Aine, Center for Grieving Children and Families presented at this month’s Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Collaborative meeting....
Motivated by Compassion:The Manchester Health Department and the Manchester Police Department launch innovative Community Health Worker program!
Makin’ It Happen is taking the opportunity in 2022 to highlight the work of our incredible partners. This month we spoke with the Manchester Health Department’s Community Health...
World Teen Mental Wellness Day
Today marks World Teen Mental Wellness Day. The goal of this day is to highlight and understand the mental health issues that impact youth and their families as well as to...
The Sunsetting of the IDN (Integrated Delivery Network)
In 2015, New Hampshire received approval from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the Building Capacity for Transformation Waiver, a Medicaid Section 1115(a)...
Marijuana Awareness Month
February is Marijuana Awareness month, a time that the marijuana industry uses to promote its product. We at Makin’ It Happen wanted to take the opportunity to counter the...
Children of Alcoholics Awareness Week: A Discussion with Rik Cornell of the Greater Manchester Mental Health Center
Children of Alcoholics Awareness Week (COA Awareness Week) ‘breaks the silence that engulfs, and traps kids and teens living with parental addiction and offers the chance for...
#FitFebruary
This #FitFebrurary we want to discuss the connection between physical and mental health! Traditionally, we might look at these two aspects of health separately, however, they are...
Dignity Action Day
February 1st is Dignity Action Day. Traditionally this day is recognized in the United Kingdom but Makin’ It Happen wanted to bring it across the Atlantic because of the...
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