To NHLWAA members and prospective members,
Thank you for your continued commitment to professionally meet your legal and humanitarian obligations while practicing municipal local welfare. Also, for increasingly being an advisory perspective of human services within our city and town halls.
From large cities to small towns, it has been a year of continued challenges and continuous improvements within our offices. The NHLWAA board of directors continue to seek out your input, provide education opportunities, and provide overall support to help you practice “the art of local welfare” in a humane and cost-effective way.
Training sessions and workshops continue to be offered throughout the year, including our annual June collaboration with NHMA for a Welfare 101 Workshop and the Conference in November. Our current NHLWAA members have been offered free access to over 50 webinar’s created by the Homeless Training Institute. These valuable trainings will continue to be available through December and there is a limited number of spots still available for this training on a first come first serve basis.
With many new Welfare Administrators throughout the state, NHLWAA intends to offer trainings tailored to meeting their unique training needs. Professional development maximizes practice knowledge and legal compliance, which minimizes the fiscal impact on your municipality’s general assistance budget. Training provides excellent knowledge, skill building, and networking opportunities. Membership is vital for experienced peer support and fostering professional and cooperative relationships with area local welfare peers.
With several federal policy changes and cuts to the social safety net already being implemented and with more potentially coming, NHLWAA will be a valuable source of information during these changing times.
Additionally, NHLWAA members always receive a $15.00 discount on registration fees for NHLWAA sponsored trainings. Your membership strengthens our increasingly respected efforts to selectively and collectively share our professional insight regarding existing and proposed government legislation.
A professional software package, known as NH GAP (General Assistance Program) is available. NH GAP provides more effective, efficient and uniform local welfare administration, including standard decision print outs, case notes, statistics, shared applicant contacts with other NH GAP users, and much more. Information for NH GAP, including pricing based on municipal populations, can be obtained from Stonehill Municipal Solutions at GAPSupport@shms.us.
The Membership Application/Renewal is due by 08/01/2025. As indicated on the application, membership dues are based on your municipality’s population and are unchanged from this current year.
Thank you for continuing or beginning NHLWAA membership and supporting our ongoing efforts to assist municipalities provide professional municipal local welfare assistance in a humane and cost-effective way.
We will continue to work and think differently to assist you. Your membership assists with those efforts and demonstrates your commitment to professionalism in municipal local welfare.
Sincerely,
Todd Marsh
NHLWAA President
info@nhlwaa.org
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