New Hampshire's health care workforce landscape has changed significantly since the original Giving Care Plan was developed in 2022 with input from 67 stakeholders across the state, including health care providers, agency administrators, educators, and policy makers. HealthForce NH is developing Giving Care Plan 2.0 to reflect current realities and create actionable strategies for 2026-2029. Your expertise and perspective are essential to this work.

Mission and Vision: Our mission is to promote innovative partnerships and cross-sector collaboration to grow, retain, and sustain a robust health care workforce. The New Hampshire health care workforce is strong and diverse due to factors that include competitive, equitable wages commensurate with experience, training, education and an environment that supports diversity, quality care and continuous professional growth. As a result, community outcomes are improved and patients, clients, and the workforce are engaged and healthy.

This survey takes approximately 15–20 minutes. The survey will close on October 19, 2026. Your input will directly inform the priorities and strategies in the Healthforce New Hampshire Giving Care Plan 2.0, which will be shared with all stakeholders when the plan is published in early 2027.
SECTION 1: About You and Your Organization

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1. What is your organization's name? Leave blank if participating as a community member)

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2. Choose the role that best represents your work: (Required.)

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3. If you have another role in addition to the one listed above, please feel free to include it here.

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4. Which state do you live in?

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5. Which state do you work in?

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6. Which sector best describes your organization? (select all that apply) (Required.)

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7. Please look at the picture below, what region(s) of NH does your organization primarily serve? (select all that apply). If participating as a community member, please select the region where you live.

If you have difficulty distinguishing between the colors on the map, please reference this list regarding which towns are located in each region: https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt476/files/documents2/rphn-townlist.pdf (Required.)

SECTION 2: Current Workforce Challenges

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8. What are the top 3 health care workforce challenges most impacting your organization or community right now? (rank 1-3, with 1 being most critical) (Required.)

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9. You ranked your top challenge above as your most critical concern. What specifically about this challenge is affecting you, your organization or community? (Required.)

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10. What specific health care roles or professions are most difficult to recruit or retain in your organization/community? (select up to 5)

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11. Any additional comments about specific roles or professions that are hard to recruit or retain?

SECTION 3: What's Working and What's Changed

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12. What health care workforce initiatives, programs, partnerships, or approaches have shown the most impact in your organization, sector, or region? If it is not a statewide initiative, please explain a bit about the program. (Required.)

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13. What external factors have changed the workforce landscape the most? (select up to 3) (Required.)

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14. How familiar are you with the original Healthforce New Hampshire Giving Care Plan (2022)? (Required.)

SECTION 4: Future Priorities

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15. Which populations face the greatest barriers to entering or advancing in health care careers in your community/organization? (select up to 3) (Required.)

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16. Please describe the specific barriers these populations face in your community or organization.

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17. Which Healthforce New Hampshire Giving Care Plan 2.0 category should be the TOP priority?
(rank all three, with 1 being most critical) (Required.)

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18. For the plan category you ranked #1 above, what is ONE specific, actionable strategy HealthForce NH and its partners should prioritize in the next 12 months? (Required.)

SECTION 5: Partnership and Implementation

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19. How might your organization be interested in contributing to the implementation of Giving Care Plan 2.0? (we will get your email at the end of the survey) (select all that apply)

SECTION 6: Additional Input

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20. Is there anything else you'd like HealthForce NH to consider as we develop Giving Care Plan 2.0?

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21. Would you be willing to participate in a feedback session (approximately 2.5 hours) in late October–mid-November 2026 to discuss survey findings and help inform strategies? (Required.)

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22. May we contact you if we have follow-up questions about your survey responses? (Required.)

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23. If you indicated that you would like to participate in a feedback session or are willing to be contacted for follow-up, please provide your NAME and EMAIL below.

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24. Please enter your email if you'd like to be entered into a drawing for a $20 Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks gift card (your choice). Putting your email here does not indicate that you will receive updates about the Healthforce NH Giving Care Plan 2.0, use the question above for that.

Closing
Thank you for contributing your expertise to Giving Care Plan 2.0. Your input will help create actionable strategies that reflect the current realities and opportunities in New Hampshire's health care workforce landscape.

Results will be synthesized and shared with all stakeholders. For questions, contact Maureen Znoj, mznoj@healthynh.org

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