Welfare Resources

Employment & Training

• New Hampshire Department of Employment Security - Employment services, unemployment benefits.Ph: 603-228-4100    Fax: 603-436-3754
• NH Works - Assistance with finding a job. Ph: 603-228-4100
• SNAP Employment & Training - Resume Development, Education & Training, Work Readiness, Support Services

Food Stamps, Medicaid, TANF/EA, APTD, OAA, Child Care

• New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) NH State Welfare - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is a cash program, Emergency Assistance, Food Stamps, (SNAP), Medicaid, Child Care, Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled (APTD) is a cash program, Old Age Assistance (OAA), is a cash program and other services, all programs are based on eligibility. Ph: 603-271-6200   Fax: 603-271-6451
• NH Easy - Online application website for programs through DHHS. Ph: 603-271-6200   Fax: 603-271-6451

Fuel Assistance & Weatherization, Housing & Homelessness

• Community Action Program (CAP) - Belknap Merrimack Community Action Program - Heating and electric assistance, Neighbor Helping Neighbor (utility disconnects) Senior housing, affordable housing, and assistance programs for the homeless based on eligibility. Ph: 603-225-6880   Fax: 603-225-9242
• New Hampshire Emergency Rental Assistance Program NHERAP - The Emergency Rental Assistance Program provides rent and utility assistance to eligible households who have experienced financial hardship during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ph: 603-841-3440   Fax: 603-290-5536
• Alliance Management - Property managers for CATCH housing. Ph: 603-223-0810
• Catch Housing - Affordable housing and home buyer financial success programs. Ph: 603-225-8835
• Families in Transition - Housing programs with focus on assisting homeless families and individuals. Ph: 603-641-9441
• New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority - Statewide housing programs. Ph: 800-439-7247
• Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) - HAF provides financial assistance for NH homeowners who cannot pay their home mortgage, utilities, association fees, and/or property taxes. 
• Section 8 - Low Income Housing.
• Family Promise of Greater Concord - 176 Loudon Rd, Concord, NH 603-856-8490
• The Concord Homeless Resource Center - 238 North Main Street, Concord, NH 603-290-3375
• Friends Program Emergency Housing - 603-228-1462
• Salvation Army Edna Mckenna House - 603-228-3505

Senior Programs

• Granite VNA Caregiver Resources

Food Pantries & Soup Kitchens

• Boscawen Congregational Church Food Pantry - 12 High Street, Boscawen. 603-796-2565 Mon: 10am-12pm; Wed: 3pm-6pm; Sat: 10am-12p
• Sovereign Grace Fellowship - Soup Kitchen  -  235 High Street ,Boscawen. 603-796-2607; 3rd Saturday of the month 4:30pm-5:30pm

Boscawen Area Food Pantry's and Soup Kitchen's 

• Friends of Forgotten Children  - Food Pantry/Clothes Closet - 224 Bog Rd, Concord NH. 603-753-4801. Thurs 9-11am & 12-7pm
• Salvation Army Concord, 58 Clinton Street, Concord NH. 603-225-5586. Mon 12-3pm,Wed & Fri 9:30am-3pm by appointment only 
• The Friendly Kitchen, 2 South Commercial Street, Concord ,NH. 603-224-7678. Mon-Fri Lunch 12-12:45pm, Dinner 5-5:45pm. Breakfast (Daily through 3/31) 8-8:45am, Dinner 5-5:45pm.