Child and Family Services of NH recently purchased property on 464 Chestnut Street, Manchester, previously the Granite State Credit Union building, and at the time of this publication, renovations are underway with plans for the CFS headquarters to move out of 99 Hanover Street and into this new facility on September 28. On the heels of the headquarters’ move, the Teen Resource Center will move across the street, from 404 Chestnut, into the 99 Hanover Street building. The moves are taking place to accommodate the agency’s growth in programming and expansion of services, and to better serve clientele.  As well, ownership of these two sites serves as an economically sound investment in the future of CFS. 

In the new 20,000 square foot  building, the new CFS headquarters will house all the administrative departments including the offices of the CEO and COO, accounting, development, communications, IT, quality assurance, human resources, business staff and statewide call center.   It will also serve as home base for several direct service programs including counseling and therapy; family support, strengthening, empowerment and preservation services; adoption; parent education; child abuse prevention, intervention and treatment; elder care; early childhood health support; pregnancy counseling; foster care; and information & referral as well as the child advocacy program.  

The Norwin S. and Elizabeth N. Bean Foundation, which provides financial support to many charitable organizations throughout New Hampshire, will rent and occupy space within this facility. 

For the next 18 months, CFS will share the 464 Chestnut Street location with Granite State Credit Union, which will occupy the south side street level of the building where it will continue to provide  full financial services to its members.

The Teen Resource Center will house program staff for the Street Outreach, Transitional Living, Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment, Runaway & Homeless Youth, Tracking, Therapeutic Day Treatment and School Social Work programs.     It will also feature the drop-in center where runaway and homeless youth can go for crisis care, and for access to an array of services including life skills training, tutoring, counseling, job skills training and family intervention services as well as have access to a food pantry, showers and a clothing closet.

Both CFS Manchester office locations are on the local bus routes and are within walking distance to downtown.   The new location on 464 Chestnut also includes free parking spaces for clients, separate entrances and program pods for client privacy and comfort, enhanced handicap accessibility that includes an automated entrance and elevator, and environmentally appropriate meeting rooms to better accommodate group therapy sessions, supervised parent-child visits, family workshops, professional development seminars, volunteer activities and board meetings.

Renovations are being made by Cobb Hill Construction.   An open house will be scheduled to happen later this year.    New contact information for these CFS sites is as follows:  Child and Family Services HEADQUARTERS, 464 Chestnut Street, P.O. Box 448, Manchester, NH, 03105;  Child and Family Services TEEN RESOURCE CENTER, 99 Hanover Street, P.O. Box 448, Manchester, NH  03105.   The main telephone number for both sites is 603-518-4000; main email address is info@cfsnh.org.