For months, The New Hampshire Bulletin investigated case after case of abuse and neglect in the state’s intellectual and developmental disability care system, which relies on private agencies to provide care to individuals. 

What they found exposed systemic failures in oversight and harm prevention, publicly reporting families’ stories of loss and trauma for the first time. 

In Episode 33, you’ll hear from reporter William Skipworth from The New Hampshire Bulletin. 

Skipworth won the prestigious 2026 Livingston Award for local reporting for the three-part series, A System of Harm.

Previously, as a reporter in Missouri, he wrote about abuse of Missourians with developmental disabilities within the state’s care system.

Finally, Daybreak newsletter author Madyson Fitzgerald shares the top stories she’s watching.

Episode produced and edited by Mallory Cheng. Music for Stories From The States composed by David Singer.

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Photo: Community Bridges, based in Concord, is one of 10 nonprofit area agencies in New Hampshire serving people with disabilities. The agencies “operate within the guidelines and regulations established by the Department of Health and Human Services.” (Photo by Allegra Boverman/For the New Hampshire Bulletin)