Hope on Haven Hill
Providing treatment, recovery services and housing for pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorder
Effective June 30, 2020...….. We are so thankful that we can once again accept in-kind donations from our generous supporters! Here are some items that are always needed:
- Size 3, 4, 5, and 6 diapers. Wipes. Diaper Cream. Baby Bottles. Bottle Brushes. Pacifiers.
Infant swaddles (variety of sizes). Baby bath soap and lotion. Women's shampoos, conditioners,
body wash, lotion, razors, shaving cream, tampons and pads.
For immediate release June 16, 2020:
Important message from HHH Executive Director & Board of Directors:
Hope on Haven Hill stands in solidarity with the vast number of individuals and organizations outraged by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmed Arbury, and the countless other Black people killed by the poison of white supremacy.
We unequivocally join in the declaration that Black lives matter.
The lives of the Black mothers and children that Hope on Haven Hill serve matter.
Since Hope on Haven Hill was founded five years ago, we have worked to build an organization based on community inclusion, respect for diversity, and protection of the most vulnerable among us. The trauma commonly experienced by women with substance use disorder necessitates that we provide gender-specific, trauma-informed care. This trauma is compounded for the Black mothers in our care, who also contend with the vicious harm of racism.
There is no question that people of color have been subjected to racism and violence for far too long. The additional impact that systemic racism has on the long-term health and safety of Black women and children is likewise indisputable. One legacy of slavery is “disproportionate maternal and infant death among African Americans.”[1] According to the Center for Disease Control, most pregnancy-related deaths are preventable, yet Black and Indigenous women are two to three times more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than white women.[2] Black women are three to four times more likely to die during or after delivery than are white women[3] and Black infants are twice as likely to die as white infants.[4] When Black infants and mothers do survive, the lived experience of discrimination adversely impacts their health.[5] These terrible statistics reflect the experiences of real people. We acknowledge this unacceptable reality so that we may work to change it.
We recognize that we have more to do, as an organization and as individuals in our community, to dismantle systemic racism. We at Hope on Haven Hill are dedicated to listening and learning in order to become more actively anti-racist in how we provide services to our clients, how we operate internally, and how we interact in our community. Real change requires collaboration, the willingness to listen, and strength from all members of the community. We pledge to play an active role in creating change and to strive with others who will do the same.
We are committed to examining our mission, vision, and values through the lens of racial justice, to learn from the experiences and perspectives of our clients, staff, and volunteers, and to identify
concrete ways we can use our knowledge of trauma-informed care to ensure the safety of those we work so hard to serve.
We say again: Black lives matter.
In solidarity,
Kerry Norton, Executive Director
Board of Directors:
Sarah Landres, Esq. - Chairperson
Jillian Mulrooney - Vice-Chair
Michael Murphy, CPA - Treasurer
Christine List, Esq. - Secretary
Kathie Routhier, RN
Joe Hannon, MD
Colin Walker
Nick Couturier
[1] Owens, Deirdre Cooper and Sharla Fett. “Black Maternal and Infant Health: Historical Legacies of Slavery” Am J. Public Health. 2019 October; 109(1): 1342-1345. Online: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6727302/
[2] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6835a3.htm?s_cid=mm6835a3_w
[3] Roeder, Amy. “American is Failing its Black Mothers.” Magazine of Harvard School of Public Health. Winter 2019. Online: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/america-is-failing-its-black-mothers/
[4] https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/Peristats.aspx
[5] Colen, Cynthia G., et al. “The Intergenerational Transmission of Discrimination: Children’s Experiences of Unfair Treatment and Their Mothers’ Health at Midlife.” J. Health Soc Behav. 2019 Dec; 60(4); 474- 492. Online: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022146519887347
Important message from HHH Executive Director & Board of Directors:
Hope on Haven Hill stands in solidarity with the vast number of individuals and organizations outraged by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmed Arbury, and the countless other Black people killed by the poison of white supremacy.
We unequivocally join in the declaration that Black lives matter.
The lives of the Black mothers and children that Hope on Haven Hill serve matter.
Since Hope on Haven Hill was founded five years ago, we have worked to build an organization based on community inclusion, respect for diversity, and protection of the most vulnerable among us. The trauma commonly experienced by women with substance use disorder necessitates that we provide gender-specific, trauma-informed care. This trauma is compounded for the Black mothers in our care, who also contend with the vicious harm of racism.
There is no question that people of color have been subjected to racism and violence for far too long. The additional impact that systemic racism has on the long-term health and safety of Black women and children is likewise indisputable. One legacy of slavery is “disproportionate maternal and infant death among African Americans.”[1] According to the Center for Disease Control, most pregnancy-related deaths are preventable, yet Black and Indigenous women are two to three times more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than white women.[2] Black women are three to four times more likely to die during or after delivery than are white women[3] and Black infants are twice as likely to die as white infants.[4] When Black infants and mothers do survive, the lived experience of discrimination adversely impacts their health.[5] These terrible statistics reflect the experiences of real people. We acknowledge this unacceptable reality so that we may work to change it.
We recognize that we have more to do, as an organization and as individuals in our community, to dismantle systemic racism. We at Hope on Haven Hill are dedicated to listening and learning in order to become more actively anti-racist in how we provide services to our clients, how we operate internally, and how we interact in our community. Real change requires collaboration, the willingness to listen, and strength from all members of the community. We pledge to play an active role in creating change and to strive with others who will do the same.
We are committed to examining our mission, vision, and values through the lens of racial justice, to learn from the experiences and perspectives of our clients, staff, and volunteers, and to identify
concrete ways we can use our knowledge of trauma-informed care to ensure the safety of those we work so hard to serve.
We say again: Black lives matter.
In solidarity,
Kerry Norton, Executive Director
Board of Directors:
Sarah Landres, Esq. - Chairperson
Jillian Mulrooney - Vice-Chair
Michael Murphy, CPA - Treasurer
Christine List, Esq. - Secretary
Kathie Routhier, RN
Joe Hannon, MD
Colin Walker
Nick Couturier
[1] Owens, Deirdre Cooper and Sharla Fett. “Black Maternal and Infant Health: Historical Legacies of Slavery” Am J. Public Health. 2019 October; 109(1): 1342-1345. Online: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6727302/
[2] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6835a3.htm?s_cid=mm6835a3_w
[3] Roeder, Amy. “American is Failing its Black Mothers.” Magazine of Harvard School of Public Health. Winter 2019. Online: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/america-is-failing-its-black-mothers/
[4] https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/Peristats.aspx
[5] Colen, Cynthia G., et al. “The Intergenerational Transmission of Discrimination: Children’s Experiences of Unfair Treatment and Their Mothers’ Health at Midlife.” J. Health Soc Behav. 2019 Dec; 60(4); 474- 492. Online: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022146519887347
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We are still actively accepting new clients for all treatment programs and are using telehealth for services as needed.
****Due to the COVID-19 crisis HHH is not able to allow visitors to our residential facilities***
Our administrative and outpatient services offices, located at 158 Rte. 108 Somersworth, NH are open on a limited basis. Due to the large parking area, childcare room and spacious office, we can provide individual consultation, please call us at 603-841-5353.
For weather and other closure updates please visit our Facebook page @
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Hope on Haven Hill Residence Abi's Place
Hope on Haven Hill is a level 3.5 substance use treatment organization serving homeless, pregnant and newly parenting mothers who are in recovery. Hope on Haven Hill has an eight bed residential facility, an eight room transitional recovery house (Abi's Place) for mother's in recovery and their children and intensive outpatient services.
HHH’s residential facility opened in December of 2016 and was immediately filled to its capacity to serve eight women and shelter their babies with them. HHH is one of only two residential centers in NH serving this population. On a daily basis, residents are engaged in an intensive program, which includes group and individual therapy, 12 step programs, smoking cessation seminars, parenting education, recovery support activities, educational and job training and case management for their transition out of treatment.
Abi's Place, which opened in August 2019, offers women who have completed a residential program the opportunity to live in a transitional setting that offers assistance with employment, child care and continued recovery support.
In addition, the organization has outpatient counseling services, providing individual and group counseling for individuals with substance use disorder, including an Intensive Outpatient Program.
Hope on Haven Hill is a level 3.5 substance use treatment organization serving homeless, pregnant and newly parenting mothers who are in recovery. Hope on Haven Hill has an eight bed residential facility, an eight room transitional recovery house (Abi's Place) for mother's in recovery and their children and intensive outpatient services.
HHH’s residential facility opened in December of 2016 and was immediately filled to its capacity to serve eight women and shelter their babies with them. HHH is one of only two residential centers in NH serving this population. On a daily basis, residents are engaged in an intensive program, which includes group and individual therapy, 12 step programs, smoking cessation seminars, parenting education, recovery support activities, educational and job training and case management for their transition out of treatment.
Abi's Place, which opened in August 2019, offers women who have completed a residential program the opportunity to live in a transitional setting that offers assistance with employment, child care and continued recovery support.
In addition, the organization has outpatient counseling services, providing individual and group counseling for individuals with substance use disorder, including an Intensive Outpatient Program.
