Not started or approaching school exit
Start the New Hampshire Area Agency application
Apply in writing through the Area Agency for the applicant's region and save proof.
Official sources checked 2026-07-29
Start here
Find the correct New Hampshire Area AgencyBefore you start
- Address and region, identity, contact and representative information, diagnosis and onset evidence, school, medical, psychological and functional records, current needs, services, risks, communication supports, and releases.
Who to contact
Use the official Area Agency, DHHS, NH EASY, service-coordination, provider, complaint, hearing, crisis, or protective-report route that owns this step.
Step by step
- Use the official ten-region directory to identify the correct Area Agency.
- Request and submit its written developmental-services application and releases.
- Ask for the received date, missing information, preliminary-review owner, and next event.
Expected next
A preliminary evaluation or recommendation, records request, comprehensive-screening activity, eligibility work, or written decision.
Save this proof
Application, submission proof, releases, records, requests, contacts, and next-event date.
If this stalls or the answer is no
Contact the Area Agency again and ask it to identify the intake owner, received date, missing items, and preliminary-review status.
Beyond Childhood planning aid
Start the New Hampshire Area Agency application checklist
A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.
- Owner and program
- Date started
- Documents supplied
- Written result or confirmation
- Current open dependency
- Next event and date
- Escalation contact
Derived from Start with New Hampshire Developmental Services, Find the correct New Hampshire Area Agency, Read New Hampshire's current He-M 500 rules, Review RSA 171-A:6 service-system entry
Official resources
Limits
An application or preliminary recommendation is not a DD eligibility decision, Medicaid approval, level-of-care result, waiver access, plan, authorization, provider acceptance, or start.
Beyond Childhood’s checklists and prompts are planning aids derived from official sources. They are not official forms, legal advice, eligibility decisions, or guarantees of funding, capacity, quality, or service.