The federal government's dereliction allows states to fall short on meeting minimum child welfare standards. Below is information specific to New Hampshire:

CFSR Results Summary: In its Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) process, HHS determines whether each state is in substantial conformity with 7 specific outcomes (pertaining to the areas of safety, permanency and family and child well-being) and 7 systemic factors (relating to the quality of services delivered to children and families and the outcomes they experience).  In the first two rounds of the CFSR, HHS has concluded that New Hampshire was:

Round 1 (2003)

• NOT in substantial conformity with 6 of the 7 Outcomes
• NOT in substantial conformity with 2 of the 7 Systemic Factors

Round 2 (2010)   

• NOT in substantial conformity with 7 of the 7 Outcomes
• NOT in substantial conformity with 1 of the 7 Systemic Factors

Although federal law mandates that any state found not to be operating in substantial conformity during an initial or subequent review must begin a full review within two years after approval of the state's program improvement plan, HHS has announced that New Hampshire will not undergo Round 3 of the CFSR until FY 2018 (see CFSR Technical Bulletin #7 (March 2014)).

Documents from the U.S. Health & Human Services Children's Bureau

• Child and Family Services Review Reports and Results
  
  
  • New Hampshire Performance Improvement Plan (Round 2)
  • Final Report: New Hampshire Child and Family Services Review, 2010 (Round 2)
  • New Hampshire Performance Improvement Plan (Round 1)
  • Final Report: New Hampshire Child and Family Services Review, 2003 (Round 1)
• Title IV-E State Reports and Program Improvement Plans (PIPs)
  
  
  • Initial Primary (FY 2000)
  • Primary Review (FY 2004)
  • Subsequent Primary Review (FY 2007)
  • Subsequent Primary Review (FY 2010)
  • Subsequent Primary Review (FY 2013)
• Other Documents / Reports
  
  
  • New Hampshire AFCARS Assessment Review (2004)
  • New Hampshire section from HHS' Child Welfare Outcomes, 2009-2012, Report to Congress

Child Welfare In the News**

• DCYF: Goal is keeping families together (New Hampshire Union Leader - December 02, 2014) As more information emerges about the tragic death of a 3-year-old girl in the custody of a parent under indictment for child abuse, the girl's grandmother is claiming the system designed to protect her granddaughter failed.
  

**news summaries taken from daily newsfeed service of HHS' Child Welfare Information Gateway