CONCORD — The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services announces that Joe Ribsam, director of the Division for Children, Youth and Families, has planned his departure from DHHS on June 1 after five years on the job.
Ribsam has accepted the position of director of child welfare and juvenile justice policy at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a nationally recognized foundation focused on the well-being of children and youth.
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