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Recent news stories
- 5K Walk Against Hunger held in Manchester on Sunday May 20, 2019
WMURMay 19, 2019 Event benefited Families in Transition, New Horizons Updated: 9:59 PM EDT May 19, 2019Play Video SHOW TRANSCRIPTMANCHESTER, N.H. — More than 900 people walked in Manchester on Sunday to help the city’s hungry and homeless. SHOW TRANSCRIPT The 29th annual 5K Walk Against Hunger was held in Veterans Park. The walk benefits Families in Transition and New Horizons, which provide ...
- New Horizons temporarily relocates shelter beds May 17, 2019
New Hampshire Union LeaderMay 16, 2019Mark Hayward MANCHESTER — The city’s main homeless shelter — New Horizons — is temporarily relocating its sleeping quarters to allow for work to commence on interior renovations. As of Thursday night, nearly all men at the shelter were sleeping in the basement of the former St. Casimir School, which is leasing the ...
- 2019 Taco Tour expands beyond Elm Street, includes entertainment and vendors May 15, 2019
Manchester Ink LinkApril 17, 2019Intown Manchester MANCHESTER, NH– Intown Manchester is excited to announce they will present the 2019 Downtown Taco Tour on Elm Street, sponsored by Cross Insurance, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday, May 2, 2019. “Intown is incredibly excited to produce the Taco Tour, which is without a doubt one of Manchester’s biggest ...
- Business notes for April 29, 2019 May 15, 2019
Concord MonitorApril 29, 2019 Friends of The Concord City Auditorium have received $5,000 from the Concord Rotary Foundation and $1,500 from Cindy Flanagan’s Concord Dance Academy in support of the Audi’s Stage Curtain Replacement Project. Red Arrow Diner’s Coconut Cream Pie was featured in Food Network Magazine as a favorite comfort food. Consolidated Communications donated $1,250 to Families in Transition-New Horizons, an ...
- Mark Hayward’s City Matters: A new approach to homelessness May 15, 2019
New Hampshire Union LeaderApril 12, 2019Mark Hayward Kathy walks toward New Horizons in Manchester on April 12, 2019. Four years ago, the Homeless Services Center shut down. It was the centerpiece of the 2008 Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. The notion looked good on paper. Homeless people would have a warm, dry place to stay. They’d get a ...
- Moms find redemption and reunification at the Willows May 15, 2019
New Hampshire Union LeaderMay 11, 2019Shawne K. Wickham MANCHESTER — The 14-month-old toddler wobbled over to his mom and collapsed in her open arms with a happy grin. It’s a milestone familiar to anyone who’s a parent. But for this mom, her little son’s embrace is precious beyond price, the prize from her hard-fought battle with addiction and ...
- Last call: Register for 29th Annual Families in Transition/New Horizons 5K May 10, 2019
Walk route to pass nine of the organization’s properties. MANCHESTER, NH – Families in Transition – New Horizons will hold its 29th Annual 5k Walk Against Hunger on Sunday, May 19, starting and ending in Veterans Park in Manchester, NH. This year’s walk route has changed to include walking past nine of the organizations 23 properties. Money raised ...
- Business notes for April 29, 2019 April 30, 2019
Concord MonitorApril 29. 2019 Friends of The Concord City Auditorium have received $5,000 from the Concord Rotary Foundation and $1,500 from Cindy Flanagan’s Concord Dance Academy in support of the Audi’s Stage Curtain Replacement Project. Red Arrow Diner’s Coconut Cream Pie was featured in Food Network Magazine as a favorite comfort food. Consolidated Communications donated $1,250 to Families in Transition-New Horizons, an ...
- Putting People Over Politics in the Nation’s First Presidential Primary State April 10, 2019
Listen Here: http://addpassionandstir.com/putting-people-over-politics-in-the-nations-first-presidential-primary-state/ How do we help the most vulnerable build on their own strengths? Families in Transition-New Horizons founder and president Maureen Beauregard and Moxy chef and owner Matt Louis join host Billy Shore for the second live episode recorded at the Music Hall Loft in Portsmouth, NH, to talk about addiction, mental health, homelessness, and ...
- Key resources: Homelessness in New Hampshire April 10, 2019
WMUR April 10, 2019 KC Downey MANCHESTER, N.H. —There are thousands of Granite Staters experiencing a form of homelessness, like sleeping outside in tents, living in shelters or spending the night on someone’s couch. There are efforts underway, however, to make New Hampshire the first state in the nation to eliminate homelessness completely. HOW YOU CAN HELP You can donate to ...
- Mind the ‘Gap’: PBS special looks at education in NH April 8, 2019
New Hampshire Union Leader April 6, 2019 Roberta Baker Thomas Obrey describes his life at 13 as “a collision course with trouble.” He was living in an apartment with older brothers and sisters, drinking, stealing, and doing drugs. He estimates that he was arrested a half-dozen times.Today, at 49, he is chief technical officer of Pixel Media in ...
- Finding Inspiration and a Greater Sense of Purpose April 3, 2019
Craig Gemmell FEB 18 2019 11:49 AM With relative frequency I am asked “How do you do what you do?” The inquiring minds are, I imagine, thinking about being responsible for 350 plus teenagers 24/7 when school is in session. My quick response is always, “I have a remarkably dedicated and talented faculty and staff; they make my job easy.” And ...
- A House Built on Hope April 3, 2019
Brewster Academy April 2nd, 2019 Olivia Papp, Class of ’19 Olivia Papp ‘19 APR 2 2019 7:41 AM In 1991, a unique program called Families in Transition was created based on the core belief that having a home leads to a better chance of being successful in any community. The nonprofit program’s goal, according to its mission statement, is to provide hunger relief, emergency shelter, safe affordable ...
- Read the Mayor’s $339M tax-cap budget proposal April 1, 2019
Manchester Ink Link March 27, 2019 Carol Robidoux Mayor Joyce Craig delivers the FY2020 budget. MPTV MANCHESTER, NH — Mayor Joyce Craig, in delivering her second city budget address Wednesday night, has laid out a $349,174,811 combined municipal budget, which includes $179,777,216 for the school district (with food & nutrition and state funds added in.) In her detailed remarks, Craig outlined ...
- Homelessness task force recommends creation of full-time services coordinator March 26, 2019
Manchester Ink Link Tuesday, March 26, 2019 Carol Robidoux MANCHESTER, NH – The third and final meeting of the Mayor’s Task Force to address Homelessness convened March 25, with about 40 community leaders gathered at the city health department to go over updates from the various sub-committees, and to consider next steps. The greatest takeaway was the universal agreement that ...
Recent press releases
- FAMILIES IN TRANSITION AMERICORPS VISTA PROGRAM SEEKS SERVICE-MINDED INDIVIDUALS
Positions Available in Eight of the 10 New Hampshire Counties FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 16, 2017 For more information, contact: Michele Talwani – (603) 641-9441 ext. 239 PROGRAM SEEKS CANDIDATES TO FILL POSITIONS – The Families in Transition (FIT) AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) Program is recruiting new members for their July 2017- July 2018 service year. ...
- CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION RAISES OVER $80,000 FOR FAMILIES IN TRANSITION
Volunteers of the Year Awarded FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5, 2017 For more information, contact: Michele Talwani – (603) 641-9441 ext. 239 (DSC_0505.jpg) VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR AWARDED – Families in Transition (FIT) presented their 2016 Volunteer of the Year awards at their cinco de mayo celebration event. Pictured (l. to r.): Dick Anagnost, FIT Board Chair and President ...
- FAMILY WILLOWS SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT CENTER HAS EXPANDED ITS INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2017 For more information, contact: Michele Talwani at (603) 641-9441 ext. 239 FAMILY WILLOWS SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT CENTER EXPANDED PROGRAMING – Families in Transition’s Family Willows Substance Use Treatment Center in Manchester, NH, has expanded. A new afternoon Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) is available for women struggling with substance use and trauma. Pictured ...
- FAMILIES IN TRANSITION BRINGS BACK SIGNATURE CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION
April 4, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michele Talwani, (603) 641-9441 ext. 239 Community Invited to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with FIT MANCHESTER, NH – Families in Transition (FIT), a Manchester, Concord, and Dover, NH, based homeless services provider, is bringing back their signature cinco de mayo celebration fundraising event. The celebration will include dinner, live entertainment by ...
- GROUNDBREAKING FOR FAMILY WILLOWS SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT CENTER EXPANSION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21, 2017 For more information, contact: Michele Talwani at 603.641.9441 ext. 239 KEY LEADERS HELP TO BREAKDOWN THE BARRIERS TO SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT – Key leaders gathered today, to celebrate the groundbreaking of the expansion of Families in Transition’s Family Willows Substance Use Treatment Center and Recovery Housing into the new Manchester Recovery and ...
- STATEWIDE FEDERAL SERVICE PROGRAM CALLS FOR HOST SITE APPLICATIONS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 27, 2017 For more information, contact: Michele Talwani: 603-254-7841 FAMILIES IN TRANSITION VISTA PROGRAM CALLS FOR HOST SITE APPLICATIONS FOR 2017-2018 PROGRAM YEAR: The Families in Transition VISTA Program seeks applications from nonprofits and government agencies in New Hampshire to host a professional AmeriCorps VISTA. FIT VISTA members shown above: Conor Murphy, NH Department of ...
- OUTFITTERS THRIFT STORE BOUTIQUE TO OPEN FOR A SIXTH DAY EACH WEEK
MORE DAYS TO FIND HIGH VALUE, LOW COST ITEMS: OutFITters Thrift Store Boutique, 20 S. Main Street, Concord, NH, starting on Monday, February 6, 2017, will be open on Monday’s. Adding a sixth day to their operations will enable more customers to shop at their convenience and will help to bring in additional funding for ...
- FAMILIES IN TRANSITION RECEIVES LINCOLN FINANCIAL FOUNDATION GRANT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 11, 2017 For more information, contact: Michele Talwani – (603) 641-9441 ext. 239 FIT Receives $12,000 Grant to Help Fund Job Connections Program MANCHESTER, NH- Families in Transition (FIT), a Manchester, Concord, and Dover, NH, based homeless services provider, has received a $12,000 grant from the Lincoln Financial Foundation in support of their FIT Job ...
- FAMILIES IN TRANSITION VISTA PROGRAM WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS TO THE GRANITE STATE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 4, 2017 For information, contact: Michele Talwani, (603) 641-9441 ext. 239 PHOTO: FAMILIES IN TRANSITION BRINGS AMERICORPS VISTA MEMBERS TO NEW HAMPSHIRE TO FIGHT POVERTY – The Families in Transition VISTA Program welcomes a new group of AmeriCorps VISTA members to fight poverty and inequality at 15 nonprofit organizations and government agencies throughout New Hampshire. 21 AmeriCorps ...
- FAMILIES IN TRANSITION CONFIRMS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 27, 2016 For information, contact: Michele Talwani, (603) 641-9441 ext. 239 PHOTO: FAMILIES IN TRANSITION CONFIRMS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Recently, the Families in Transition (FIT) Board of Directors elected the following people to the Executive Committee for a one year term, (l. to r.) Dick Anagnost, Board Chair, President, Anagnost Companies; Charla Bizios Stevens, Esquire, Board ...
- PROMOTION TO CLINICAL DIRECTOR AT FAMILIES IN TRANSITION
INTERNAL EMPLOYEE RISEN THROUGH THE RANKS – Recently, long time employee of Families in Transition, Meghan Shea, LICSW, MLADC, of Manchester, NH, was promoted to a newly created position as Clinical Director. In this new role, she’s responsible for the oversight of the agency’s supportive housing and substance use treatment programs. MANCHESTER, NH – Families in ...
- FAMILIES IN TRANSITION AMERICORPS VISTA PROGRAM RECOGNIZES ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN YEAR IN REVIEW REPORT
FAMILIES IN TRANSITION AMERICORPS VISTA MEMBERS BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTHER FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE – Families in Transition’s AmeriCorps VISTAs who served the 2015-2016 year raised over $500,000, recruited over 2,500 volunteers, and helped over 2,500 people for 15 nonprofits working with people in poverty throughout the state. Recently, the group released its Year in Review ...
- FAMILIES IN TRANSITION EVENT RAISES NEARLY $70,000 TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE
ACCESSORIES CAN BE MORE THAN JEWELERY: Keke Vencill of NH1 News rocks the runway with her dog modeling fashions for Families in Transition at their I AM ONE Fashion Extravaganza. GREAT MINDS PUT TOGETHER FUN EVENT: Event Co-Chairs (l. to r.) Chelsea Schubert and Sedra Michaelson along with Families in Transition President Maureen Beauregard celebrate ...
- FAMILIES IN TRANSITION IS IN THE RUNNING FOR A $25,000 GRANT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 26, 2016 For information, contact: Michele Talwani, 603-641-9441 ext. 239 Photo: GRANT WILL HELP HOMELESS CHILDREN PREPARE FOR KINDERGARTEN – Families in Transition is in the running to win a $25,000 grant to be used to provide in-classroom therapeutic services at its Family Place Head Start Preschool Program. The organization has been selected as ...
- SOMETHING WICKED IS COMING
PHOTO: RUNNERS/WALKERS OF ALL AGES PARTICIPATE IN THE COSTUMED 5K IN CONCORD – Families in Transition to host its fifth annual Wicked FIT Run on October 29 at 9:30 AM in Rollins Park, Concord, NH. All money raised will help provide housing and social services to homeless families and individuals. Prizes will be awarded for ...