New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services

The New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services is a state agency of New Hampshire, headquartered in the Brown Building in Concord.[1]

Division of Juvenile Justice Services

The Division of Juvenile Justice Services (DJJS) operates juvenile correctional facilities.[2] The division has its headquarters in Manchester.[3]

The John H. Sununu Youth Services Center, located in Manchester,[4] is the agency's long-term treatment facility. The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the $29 million Sununu Youth Services Center was held on April 3, 2006. Sununu Youth Services Center holds children ages 13 through 17.[5] Sununu Youth Services Center holds both boys and girls.[6]

The Youth Detention Services Unit (YDSU) serves as the pretrial holding unit.[7]

References
  1. "Contact Human Resources at Brown Building." New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  2. "Division of Juvenile Justice Services." New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  3. "Contact the Division for Juvenile Justice Services at Youth Services Ctr." New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  4. Koziol, John. "Effort afoot to derail move to use old Laconia prison." The Citizen of Laconia. Friday May 7, 2010. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  5. "Welcome to the Youth Services Center." New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  6. "REVIEW OF NEW HAMPSHIRE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM" (Archive). Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators. March 23, 2015. p. 20/39 (Sununu named on p. 19). Retrieved on December 16, 2015.
  7. "Welcome to Juvenile Justice Institutional Services." New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.



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