4. “Food Pantries Across NH Brace for Shortfalls After Federal Budget Cuts.” New Hampshire Public Radio, March 24, 2025. Documents rising demand and quotes Exeter pantry director Molly Zirillo (“line out the door… before we open”).
5. Berlin, Carly. “For One Vermont Family, Losing Their Shot at a Housing Voucher Could Mean Reentering Homelessness.” Vermont Public (in partnership with VTDigger), June 10, 2025. Profiles Hannah Patten and the freeze on vouchers, informing the Vermont section.
6. “Community Health Centers — A Longtime Safety Net — Brace for Medicaid Cuts, Federal Restrictions.” New England Public Media/WBUR, April 15, 2025. Explains potential impacts on Massachusetts community health centers and patients.
7. Mullins, Lisa, and Lynn Jolicoeur. “What the Trump Budget Cuts Mean for Health Care in Mass.” WBUR, July 3, 2025. Details expected effects of federal cuts on small hospitals and health centers statewide.
8. Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC). “Prior Authorization in Medicaid.” August 2024. Policy brief outlining how prior authorization delays access—context for the Dorchester clinic scene.
9. Skipworth, William. “New Law to Make New Hampshire Library Records Available to Parents.” New Hampshire Bulletin, August 4, 2025. News of HB 273’s enactment, supplying policy context for the Concord library paragraph.
10. “HB 273 (2025) — Relative to a Parent’s Access to Their Minor Child’s Library Records.” FastDemocracy bill page, updated 2025. Legislative timeline confirming passage and effective date.
11. “Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.” Encyclopædia Britannica, updated July 11, 2025. Authoritative overview of the 1930 law and its retaliatory effects, supporting the history line.
12. Irwin, Douglas A. “Smoot-Hawley Tariff.” EH.Net Encyclopedia, n.d. Economic history entry emphasizing retaliation and policy lessons used in the article’s single-sentence caution.
13. McGeever, Jamie. “After Record Import Blow to U.S. GDP, Beware Export Sucker Punch.” Reuters, May 1, 2025. Analyzes tariff-driven front-loading and potential retaliation, informing the broader tariff context.
14. Footprints Food Pantry. “Contact.” Kittery, ME, n.d. Accessed August 26, 2025. Verifies location, hours, and leadership contact for on-the-ground details in the Kittery scenes.