NH Connections

.NH Connections – Providing child care, early learning, and afterschool resources & referrals for families, providers, and communities. NH Connections is maintained by the Southern New Hampshire Services’ Child Care Aware of New Hampshire.

Child Care Aware of NH is committed to serving all families who are seeking child care in New Hampshire, while they work hand in hand with child care providers to increase quality for the children in their care.

Child Care Aware of NH provides FREE and confidential referrals that are tailored to fit the needs of each individual family seeking child care. Additionally, they provide families with consumer education to assist in choosing a quality child care program. Through the NH Connections consumer education website for the state of NH and our Child Care Resource and Referral Outreach Specialists we strive to ensure that families are receiving consistent, high-quality consumer education and referral services.

Hours of Operation:

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. in the Main Office.

A LiveChat feature is provided on the website during normal business hours. Families can access free referrals either by calling 1-855-393-1731, ext. 2531 or online through the Child Care Aware of New Hampshire website.

NH Connections is the consumer education website for the NH Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), lead agency for the US DHHS Child Care and Development Block Grant. The preparation and maintenance of this website is financed under a contract with the NH DHHS, Division of Economic and Housing Stability, Bureau of Child Development and Head Start Collaboration, with funds provided in part by US DHHS and the State of New Hampshire