Citizen in a RepublicNH House Testimony

HB1779

House · 2026 sessionBipartisanInterim study

Cultural background in foster placements

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Requires the department of health and human services to consider a child's cultural background when making foster care placements and to develop resources supporting foster children's cultural heritage.

supporting the cultural background of children placed in foster care.Official record

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16 submissions

All 3 written submissions were individually written — no organized campaign detected.

Status

Referred to interim study (House) · March 5, 2026
  1. Introduced
  2. House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law
Sponsors, hearings & roll-call votes

The record · every submission as filed

16 submissions
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Hannah Meiselman
for Myself
Manchester

Honoring cultural background supports stability, identity, and long-term outcomes for children in foster care.

Support
Daniel Richardson
for Myself
Nashua

Dont you just love making foster parenting as punishing as possible by laying multiple burdens on volunteers? Get ready for large exodus of minority children foster parents.

Neutral
Michaela Janowski
for Myself
Epping

This is so important!

Support
Charlene Amarello
for Myself
Merrimack

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Stephanie Vazzano
for Myself
Concord

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
John DeJoie
for National Association of Social Workers - NH Chapter
Concord

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Karen Burnett-Kurie
for Myself
Wolfeboro

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Suzanna Derynioski
for Myself
Laconia

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Katie McLaughlin
for Myself
Weare

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Amber Kehoe
for Myself
Northfield

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Jessica Thagard
for Myself
Exeter

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Julie Smith
for Myself
Epsom

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Margaret Konze
for Myself
Pembroke

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Sarah McCarthy
for Myself
Manchester

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Heather Frye
for Myself
Bow

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Sam Hawkins
for NAMI New Hampshire
Concord

Position recorded without written comment.

Support