Region I covers over forty percent (40%) of the land area of the state and is generally sparsely populated.
Counties covered include all of Carroll, Coos and the seventeen (17) towns in Upper Grafton County.
Our Agency grew out of an effort in 1970 by White Mountain Community Services (Littleton),
North Country Community Services (Berlin) and Carroll County Mental Health Services (Conway)
to establish a comprehensive community mental health center in northern New Hampshire.
A fourth clinic, Upper Connecticut Valley Mental Health Service (Colebrook),
serving the furthermost northern corner of Coos County, was brought in as a sub-contractor
of North Country Community Services. In January 1977 their application
as an equal status member in the Agency was adopted.
In April 1979, a single corporation, Northern Human Services, was formed
as a result of the merger of Androscoggin Valley Mental Health Center,
Upper Connecticut Valley Mental Health Service, White Mountain Mental Health Center
and Carroll County Mental Health Service.
