Company Profile
Company Overview
Northern Human Services is a private-owned non-profit agency operating multiple service sites throughout northern New Hampshire.
Our Mission: To assist people affected by mental illness, developmental disabilities and related disorders in living meaningful lives.
Our Vision: Everyone who truly needs our services can receive them, as we strive to meet ever-changing needs through advocacy, innovation, collaboration and skill.
Company History
Designated as Region I by the New Hampshire Bureau of Behavioral Health and Bureau of
Developmental Services (the State of NH), NHS is one of only two agencies in the state designated as a service provider for both developmental services and mental health services.
Region I covers over 40% of the land area of the state and is generally sparsely populated with
approximately 103,364 residents. Counties covered include all of Carroll, Coos and the 17 towns in Upper Grafton County.
Our Agency grew out of an effort in 1970 by White Mountain Community Services (Littleton), NorthCountry Community Services (Berlin) and Carroll County Mental Health Services (Conway) to establish a comprehensive community mental health center in northern New Hampshire. A fourth clinic, Upper Connecticut Valley Mental Health Services (Colebrook), serving the furthermost northern corner of Coos County, was brought in as a sub-contractor of North Country Community Services. In January 1977 their application as an equal status member in the Agency was adopted.
In April 1979, a single corporation, Northern New Hampshire Mental Health and Developmental
Services, was formed as a result of the merger of Androscoggin Valley Mental Health Center, Upper Connecticut Valley Mental Health Services, White Mountain Mental Health Center, and Carroll County Mental Health Services.
In 2006, Northern went through another merger as well as a name change. Northern New Hampshire Mental Health and Developmental Services became Northern Human Services and shortly thereafter merged with the Center of Hope, formerly Region XI. This merger brought together two mature organizations, each with more than thirty years of experience.