Financed through the revenues generated through liquor sales in New Hampshire, the Alcohol Abuse, Prevention & Treatment Fund (“Alcohol Fund”) is an innovative, fiscally responsible, common sense approach to addressing substance misuse. The intent behind the creation of the Alcohol Fund was to direct 5% of gross profits of alcohol sales to substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery.
About the Alcohol Fund
The Alcohol Abuse Prevention and Treatment Fund ('Alcohol Fund') supports hundreds of statewide prevention, treatment, and recovery programs. It is administered through the Governor’s Commission on Alcohol and Other Drugs.
Every other year, New Hampshire lawmakers must assess state revenues and expenses to build a state budget in HB 1 and HB 2, the state budget bills. This means the state must appropriately allocate five percent of gross profits from alcohol sales to the Alcohol Fund. Despite being a state law, the Alcohol Fund has historically been underfunded - the 2023 budget cycle was the first time since the program's inception that the Alcohol Fund was fully funded.
To ensure New Hampshire remains committed to prevention, treatment and recovery, policymakers need to:
- Utilize the Alcohol Fund for the intended purpose of supporting contracted prevention, treatment, and recovery programs
- Continue to fund the Alcohol Fund at 5% of liquor gross profits ($10.7 million) in 2026 and 2027.
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Sign Up for Webinar All About the Alcohol Fund
Join us on Wednesday, January 22 at 4:00 pm for an hour-long webinar about New Hampshire's Alcohol Abuse, Prevention, & Treatment Fund ('Alcohol Fund'). The webinar will discuss the importance of the Fund and ways to advocate during the upcoming state budget process.
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Status
The Governor will release budget recommendations in early February. After that, House Finance Committees will begin their work on the budget.
