Granite State Children's Alliance, New Hampshire's Network of Child Advocacy Centers

PORTSMOUTH — The Child Advocacy Center of Rockingham County will kick off National Child Abuse Prevention month with a Champions for Children breakfast Monday, April 9. The annual event honors individuals who have done exceptional work to ensure the safety, health and well-being of abused children. The event is sponsored by Piscataqua Savings Bank and [...]

LACONIA — Partially funded by a grant from the NH Department of Justice, it was only fitting that the person who heads that agency — Attorney General Michael Delaney — should be the person to welcome the Greater Lakes Child Advocacy Center to its new home at 65 Water St. Founded in 2005 and until [...]

LACONIA — The Greater Lakes Child Advocacy Center here is among four centers that have merged to become the Granite State Children’s Alliance, which as the state chapter of the National Children’s Alliance provides coordinated and comprehensive services to the victims of child abuse at locations in Belknap, Cheshire and Hillsborough counties. The center will [...]

Congratulations to our Executive Director, Kristie Palestino, for being honored as one of New Hampshire’s 40 under 40.  GOFFSTOWN – Kristie Palestino has a passion for the rights of some of New Hampshire’s most vulnerable citizens — children who have been the victims of abuse.  Palestino is executive director of the Granite State Children’s Alliance, [...]

NASHUA – Four locally based child advocacy centers are coming together as a new state entity, officials announced Tuesday. Hillsborough County Child Advocacy Center, Greater Lakes Child Advocacy Center, Monadnock Region Child Advocacy Center and New Hampshire Network of Child Advocacy Centers are merging as Granite State Children’s Alliance to provide coordinated services to child [...]