NH Executive Council Approves $21M, Releasing First Round of GO-NORTH Funding for Mental Health

Executive Council narrowly approves fifth rural health program contract

The Governor and Executive Council discusses a GO-NORTH contract during its March 25 meeting in Concord. (Photo by William Skipworth/New Hampshire Bulletin)During a lengthy meeting Wednesday, the New Hampshire Executive Council approved the contract for the fifth “hub” in the state’s marquee rural health program. The contract will provide $21.6 million to the New Hampshire Community Behavioral Health Association. The association will in turn spe…

GO-NORTH Clears Executive Council on 3-2 Vote Amid Conflict Concerns

The final piece of Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s signature health care initiative, GO-NORTH, squeaked through the Executive Council on Wednesday on a 3-2 vote, but Executive Councilor John Stephen (R-District 4) isn’t happy with the mental health contracts. “To me, there’s a conflict of interest,” Stephen told NHJournal. Stephen voted against contracts for the health care portion of the program, even though he thinks the GO-NORTH approach is the right one…

NH Executive Council approves $21M, releasing first round of GO-NORTH funding for mental health

Councilors debated for hours over how to spend $21 million from the federal Rural Health Transformation Initiative.

Council Approves GO-NORTH Contract for Mental Health

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org CONCORD — The fifth and final contract, this one for mental health, for the Governor’s Office of New Opportunities & Rural Transformational Health – also known as the GO-NORTH program – was approved Wednesday on a 3-2 vote. GO-NORTH is a major part of the program created by Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte after the state received a five-year grant in competitively awarded federal money. The grant award is the largest i…

GO-NORTH grant for mental health narrowly clears Executive Council

The Executive Council narrowly approved spending nearly $32 million for the New Hampshire Community Behavioral Health Association (NHCBHA) to manage services under the rural health initiative over the objection of some councilors who opposed giving the trade group’s executive director…