New Hampshire’s congressional delegation is halfway there—here’s how we get the other half to support a resettlement minimum.

New Hampshire Needs a Resettlement Minimum

New Hampshire’s two resettlement agencies are at risk—a risk that can only be meaningfully mitigated by a resettlement minimum. Half of New Hampshire’s congressional delegation have signed onto a resettlement minimum in the past. It’s time to get the other half on board.

Ascentria Community Services, with an office in Concord, laid off nineteen staff members supporting resettlement programming in March.

The International Institute of New England (IINE), with an office in Manchester, projects significant funding cuts this upcoming fiscal year. On a May webinar, President & CEO Jeff Thielman described the results of the agency’s scenario planning exercises:

“We have done a lot of scenario planning, based on potential losses in federal funding. We know that–well, right now the House has passed a budget that has cut substantially federal funding that we would receive next year. There’s money that’s unspent for some of our clients from fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2025 that will carry over. So, we may see reductions in federal funding in the next fiscal year–fiscal year 2026, which starts on October 1st–as high as 50% of what we’ve received in previous years.”

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