Reproductive Equity Now, Advocates Slam Proposed Cuts at the NH Department of Health and Human Services
Budget Passed by Legislative Republican Majority Will Result in Massive Cuts to Health Care and Housing
CONCORD (December 17, 2025) – Today, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services presents to the Executive Council which programs will be cut to meet the $51 million "back-of-the-budget" cuts that New Hampshire Republicans required in their 2025 budget. Leaders from the following organizations responded:
“The majority of lawmakers in New Hampshire are making the Granite State a worse place to live and thrive, and one of the clearest examples is the health care crisis impacting women, moms, and babies," said Christina Warriner Hamilton, New Hampshire State Director for Reproductive Equity Now. "The proposed DHHS budget cuts would be devastating for New Hampshire families. One of the most concerning proposals is the $2 million cut to home visiting programs, which provide vital support for pregnant and postpartum women and their children. After just passing Momnibus 2.0 to expand access to home visiting for privately insured families, cutting these same services for Medicaid families would undo bipartisan progress and deny families the care they deserve. Amid an ongoing maternal health crisis in New Hampshire, our moms deserve state leaders who prioritize investing in health care for them and their families.”
“This timing tells you everything you need to know about Republican priorities," said Lucas Meyer, Senior Adviser and Founder of Our Economy Our Future. “Instead of lowering costs, New Hampshire conservatives want to take dental care away from kids and let people in Grafton and Coos Counties freeze to death. Instead of representing working families, they’re prioritizing tax cuts to a handful of out-of-state corporate CEOs who back their campaigns, rig the economy and drive up property taxes for the rest of us. Their playbook is clear, and so are the consequences: more and more for the wealthy, and less and less for the rest of us.”
“Republicans had a chance to do something real about the housing crisis - and they chose to do nothing," said Matt Mooshian, Program Director for 603 Forward. "Their budget made zero new investments in housing, even as rents explode and young people are pushed out of New Hampshire. Now, at the same time, state leaders are voting today to carry out budget cuts that slash health and family services people rely on to stay housed and get back on their feet. You cannot end homelessness while cutting the very services that prevent it - and you certainly can’t do it while pushing corporate tax cuts that raise property taxes and squeeze communities even harder. That’s not leadership. It’s a rigged economy that asks young people and working families to pay more, get less, and accept a future without any hope of real economic freedom.”
“Our elected officials seem to have lost track of true Granite State values," said Sarah Jane Knoy, Executive Director of the Granite State Organizing Project. "Hardworking NH families are struggling to make ends meet and provide for their children while our politicians are cutting funding for homeless prevention, slashing elder care, and ignoring our communities while funneling tax breaks to out-of-state billionaires. The decisions made in Concord impact our families, our schools, and our communities in real ways -every day! It is time that we hold our elected representatives responsible for the votes they take.”
Earlier this year, the New Hampshire Legislature passed a budget for the Fiscal Year ‘26-‘27 that included massive cuts to state funding for health care access. The budget slashed funding for the New Hampshire Family Planning Program, imposed premiums on those insured by the Granite Advantage Health Care Program and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and cut funding across the board for state social safety net programs.
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