BCAF Grant Recipients

(October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2026)

Belknap House, located in Laconia, serves Belknap County

Belknap House is the only family-centered shelter in Belknap County that provides safe shelter when children are especially vulnerable during homelessness and empowers families to become self-sufficient. They respond to calls from families in crisis. A BCAF grant will help families reach their case management goals and be emotionally and financially stable, confident, and ready to move-on to integrate into local communities.

CATCH Neighborhood Housing, located in Concord, serves Merrimack County

Founded in 1989, CATCH offers a full spectrum of housing and education services. A BCAF grant will help their residents in need with one-time, direct financial support to purchase groceries, gas, clothing, or household goods.

Catholic Charities New Hampshire, Inc., dba Liberty House, located in Manchester, serves Statewide

Liberty House opened its doors in April 2004 and serves as a home and refuge for many New Hampshire veterans. They also serve many homeless and/or needy veterans in the Greater Manchester area. This home provides clothing, food, and other necessities for daily living to those who come to the door for assistance. Liberty House became a program of Catholic Charities New Hampshire in 2019. A BCAF grant will help continue their Aftercare Support Services Program.

Cedarcrest Center for Children with Disabilities, located in Keene, Serves Statewide, Vermont, and Maine

Cedarcrest Center serves medically fragile children with significant disabilities from across NH, Vermont, and Maine. They are the only nursing facility in New Hampshire that serves children exclusively. They are the state’s primary resource for post-acute care for children with complex medical and developmental needs, and the only one licensed to provide post-acute care for children under the age of three. A BCAF grant will help their Respiratory Care Program in New Hampshire.

Children’s Scholarship Fund NH, located in Concord, serves Statewide

Children’s Scholarship Fund NH (CSFNH) provides K-12 tuition assistance to low-income NH families, empowering them to choose the education that best fits their children’s needs, regardless of their income or zip code. A BCAF grant will support their Freedom Alumni Network. This program/initiative is designed to foster long-term connections, promote alumni engagement, and strengthen CSFNH’s capacity to demonstrate outcomes, build community, and expand the donor base and volunteer networks.

Claremont Learning Partnership (CLP), located in Claremont, serves Greater Claremont

Founded in 2012, CLP is dedicated to improving educational attainment, expanding youth opportunity, and strengthening families across the Greater Claremont region. CLP is launching a new Basic Center Program, which is an urgently needed expansion of their youth emergency housing services. The objective of the program is to create a licensed, code-compliant residential space, that expands their current youth emergency housing capacity for at least 40 youth annually who are facing homelessness and unsafe living situations. A BCAF grant will assist their Basic Center Program.

Community Partners, located in Dover, serves Strafford County

Community Partners is designated by the State of NH as a Community Mental Health Center and Area Agency for Developmental Services in Strafford County. Their mission is to promote respect, wellness, full inclusion, and empowerment of individuals and their families who experience mental illness, emotional distress, developmental disability, chronic health need or acquired brain disorder. A BCAF grant will help with their Respite Program to ensure that caregivers and families remain strong and receive the support they need while caring for the 24/7 needs of a disabled family member.

Exeter Area Charitable Foundation, located in Exeter, serves Greater Exeter

The Exeter Charitable Foundation was created by the Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce in 1989 to raise money to provide warm winter clothing and bedding to children in need. Since then, the fund has grown to include twelve area towns and help over 870 local children. The funds are distributed to children in need in the form of a voucher to use at predetermined local retail stores. A BCAF grant will help fund their EACF’s Community Children’s Fund Clothing Voucher Program, which runs annually each fall. Guardians or parents redeem the voucher as they would a gift certificate for warm clothing, footwear, and bedding only at participating merchants.

Family Promise of Southern New Hampshire, located in Nashua, serves Hillsborough and Rockingham Counties

Family Promise of Southern NH is trying to end homelessness, one family at a time, because every child deserves a home. Through safe housing and education, Family Promise guides families as they break the cycle, and rise from homelessness to sustainable independence. A BCAF grant will help their Residential/Transition Program, which serves families experiencing housing insecurity. The funds will enable them to purchase essential supplies and necessities for incoming families. Support includes nutritious meals, clothing, toiletries, baby supplies, case management, financial education classes, and more.

Freedom Movement, located and serves in Manchester

The Freedom Movement provides faith based transitional living quarters for men struggling with addiction. The men have completed a 30-day recovery program and have 2 forms of ID to work. They provide life skill building and faith group support including weekly bible study and transportation to work. A BCAF grant will help build a secure storage closet for medications. This grant would help purchase the locks and cabinets and help men who don’t have enough money to pay their housing fees.

The Friends Program, Inc., located in Concord, serves Greater Concord

The Friends Program is a non-profit, social service organization located within Merrimack County, whose mission is to build positive connections and solutions for at-risk youth, families, and seniors. A BCAF grant will help provide families experiencing homelessness with critical, temporary emergency housing, support, education, training, and skills that help them to access critical resources and obtain and maintain permanent housing.

Grafton County Senior Citizens Council, Inc. (GCSCC), located in Lebanon, serves Grafton County

GCSCC has served older adults and adults with disabilities for more than 50 years. This organization seeks to develop, strengthen, and provide programs and services, which support the health, dignity, and independence of older adults and adults with disabilities. A BCAF grant will help support their Meals on Wheels Program, which provides nutritious, home-delivered meals to older adults and adults with disabilities who are homebound and unable to prepare food for themselves.

HAVEN Violence Prevention & Support Services, located in Portsmouth, serves 48 cities and towns

HAVEN, the largest violence prevention and support services agency in NH, and is dedicated to addressing public health and wellness through violence prevention and improving the well-being of children and families. Their mission is to prevent sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking and to support and empower women, men, youth, and families to heal from abuse and rebuild their lives. Haven also provides a residential emergency shelter exclusively for victims of domestic and sexual violence and their children. A BCAF grant will help their emergency shelter and housing advocacy program, which prevents family homelessness and empowers survivors to achieve self-sufficiency.

Home, Health & Hospice (HHHC), located in Merrimack, serves Greater Nashua

Since 1883, HHHC has served patients as a community-based, free-standing, non-profit visiting nurse association and hospice program. In 2000, they were able to build the Community Hospice House in Merrimack, NH. HHHC provides trusted, patient-centered services that embrace each individual’s independence and quality throughout life. A BCAF grant will help care for patients without insurance or resources who need the skilled hospice services that can only be provided at the Community Hospice House.

Hope City Church, located and serves in Manchester

Hope City Church is a non-denominational Christian Church located at 222 Cedar Street in Manchester. They have been serving the community for over 40 years. They operate a food ministry called Hope City Café. They serve a hot breakfast twice a week serving 6-80 people on average. A BCAF grant will help with the costs of the Café to feed the food insecure population of Manchester.

Hospice Help Foundation, located in Portsmouth, serves Statewide

Hospice Help Foundation's mission is to improve the comfort and quality of life for hospice patients and their families by providing urgent financial relief. These items can include rent, food, utilities, transportation, modest last wishes, funeral expenses, and more. A BCAF grant will assist their Supporting Impoverished Hospice Patients Program. This program helps patients and funds essential items not covered by Medicare or private insurance for NH residents.

Interlakes Community Caregivers, Inc., located in Center Harbor, serves Lakes Region

Since 1998, Interlakes Community Caregivers has been a volunteer nonprofit that provides non-medical supportive services for residents of Meredith, Moultonborough, Center Harbor and Sandwich. Their services include providing rides for medical appointments as far as Lebanon, Conway, and Boston. A BCAF grant will assist their volunteers who provide rides, run errands, and conduct friendly visits and check-in phone calls with local seniors who must rely on others to fulfill their basic needs to access healthcare, nutrition, and mental well-being.

Laconia Area Community Land Trust, Inc., dba Lakes Region Community Developers (LRCD), located in Laconia, serves Greater Laconia

LRCD is a non-profit developer of affordable housing and a mission-driven landlord. For over 35 years, they have created 381 affordable rental apartments in Ashland, Gilford, Laconia, Tilton, Meredith, and Wolfeboro. A BCAF grant will help with their Good Neighbor Fund, which enables them to provide tenants in crisis with direct financial support to ensure basic household needs for shelter, utilities, transportation, and food can be met until the crisis is over.

LISTEN (Lebanon in Service to Each Neighbor) Community Services, located in Lebanon, serves Upper Valley

LISTEN was founded over fifty years ago with the mission of meeting the critical needs of Upper Valley individuals and families. They connect clients with a variety of resources and make sure that those who are the most vulnerable – seniors, families, people working two or even three jobs – can stay in their homes, have heat and electricity, keep food in their cupboards, and more. A BCAF grant will support their Food Pantry.

Love Thy Neighbor, located in Swanzey, serves local residents

Love Thy Neighbor began in 2018 as a street ministry, feeding the homeless with bag lunches. In 2022, the food pantry began to offer additional food supplies. The Room for Hope was borne for those in need of free household items. Their primary focus is food insecurity. A BCAF grant will help continue serving local residents who are food insecure.

Meals on Wheels of Hillsborough County, c/o St. Joseph Community Services, Inc., located in Manchester, serves Hillsborough County Region

Since 1977, St. Joseph Community Services has operated the Meals on Wheels Program, Community Dining Programs, Transportation and Support Services for Hillsborough County. A BCAF grant will help their full scope of nutritional and social services for over 5,000 vulnerable older adults in the thirty-one cities and towns of Hillsborough County.

New Hampshire Association for the Blind, dba, Future In Sight, located in Concord, serves Statewide

Since 1912, Future In Sight has been dedicated to transforming the lives of those who are blind, visually impaired, and their families. As the State contracts and insurance roughly cover 45% of their costs per client, Future In Sight is looking for some assistance. A BCAF grant will assist with three of their important programs: Youth Services, Adult Services, and Volunteer Services.

Riverbend Community Mental Health, located in Concord, serves Central NH

Founded in 1963, Riverbend Community Mental Health provides behavioral health services. A BCAF grant will assist with their Mobile Crisis and PATH Outreach Program to provide flexible, immediate assistance to individuals and families in crisis, particularly those who are unhoused, uninsured, or escaping domestic violence situations.

Seacoast Family Promise, located in Exeter, serves Greater Exeter

Incorporated in 2003, Seacoast Family Promise has been committed to helping families with children experiencing homelessness to regain self-sufficiency. A BCAF grant will assist their family shelter program. While in this program, families are provided with a safe family shelter in a home-like setting, where each family has their own bedroom.

Sonshine Soup Kitchen, located in Derry, serves Greater Derry

Sonshine Soup Kitchen is a community-based ministry, feeding the hungry, clothing the cold and barefoot, and offering hope to those in despair. They serve meals Monday through Friday to anyone who comes to the kitchen. They also offer a free clothing ministry and home delivery of meals to guests unable to come to their dining room. A BCAF grant will assist with purchasing a primary commercial refrigerator. This unit is essential and would be larger than the one they currently have. Because of the meal demand has increased by 50%, they need a larger capacity unit.

Thrive Survivor Support Center, located in Concord, serves Merrimack County

Thrive Survivor Support Center has been operating since 1978 and focuses on serving the needs of victims of domestic and sexual violence. Their services include an emergency shelter, 24-hour crisis hotline, legal advocacy and referral, support groups, etc. A BCAF grant will help meet basic needs of survivors while at their shelter and in their housing programs. This would include providing survivors with gift cards/vouchers for grocery stores, gas cards, transportation, and hotel vouchers.

United Way of Greater Nashua, located in Nashua, serves Greater Nashua

United Way of Greater Nashua has been serving the community since 1930. Their core programming is to assess community needs around health, education, and financial stability to provide targeted support for programs. A BCAF grant will help support their Pop-Up Mobile Pantries, which have become a reliable source of food security for hundreds of households across Nashua.

Warm Welcome Shelter, fiscal agent, Southwestern Community Services from Keene, located in Claremont, serves Sullivan County

The Warm Welcome Shelter began serving the population of Sullivan County in 2023. They served the unhoused with a paid trained staff. For the 2025-2026 season, they are expecting to serve 24 guests each night from 8 pm-8 am. In addition to warm sleeping quarters, they provide a light supper and breakfast. A BCAF grant will help with operational expenses.