http://nhpr.org en http://nhpr.org/post/program-troubled-kids-gets-hearing-statehouse <p></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">State lawmakers heard testimony today on a <a href="http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2013/HB0358.html" target="_blank">bill </a>to restore money to the CHINS program, or Children in Need of Services. The program puts troubled kids under the supervision of the courts, and provides counseling and placement in a group home, if needed.</span></p><p>Roughly 1,000 New Hampshire youth each year received services before budget cuts effectively ended the program in 2011.</p> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:56:17 +0000 Todd Bookman 20986 at http://nhpr.org