Vulnerable Families
New Hampshire State Rep Patrick Abrami is sponsoring one of two key bills aimed at altering the state's formula for determining child support payments, which are currently the third-highest in the nation. Many of the changes Abrami has presented came from a 2018 Carsey School of Public Policy...
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03/21/22
Making Childcare More Accessible
Carsey School of Public Policy Research Assistant ProfessorJess Carson and Ph.D. student Kamala Nasirova met the summer of 2021 through a mutual... -
02/07/22Childcare for children under the age of 12 has beena struggle for many households in the recent years. An article from the Berlin Sunexamines...
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01/26/22COVID-19 has taken a toll on many, but as the economy begins to recover, some demographics are still behind.An article from Policy Genius examines...
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01/03/22Todd Bookman of New Hampshire Public Radio recently reported on the nationwide dearth of adequate child care, citing new research from Jess Carson at...
Recent Stories
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12/09/21 -Child careaccessibility and affordability continue to impact people across the U.S., and the issue has been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Federal Reserve Bank of...
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12/06/21 -Data shows that the number of New Hampshire-licensed child-care providers has grown 17 percent since the start of the pandemic. However, according to Carsey School research...
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11/11/21 -In a recent article by The Valley News,countless women have spoken out about their first hand sexual harassment encounters while workingfor the Upper Valley cleaning companies....
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11/08/21 -As a result of staffing shortages many childcare facilities have had to close leaving parents desperate for alternatives. White River Junction childcare in the Upper Valley is...
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09/13/21 -Many rural communities have beenstruggling with the migration patterns increasing population prices and the COVID-19 pandemic has only increased the issue of affordable housing....
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09/13/21 -New Hampshire's labor shortage has been exacerbated due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has extremelyimpacted a child care shortage, causingproviders to close down or to scale back...
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08/02/21 -The Valley News recently reported on findings that a lack of child careNorwich and surrounding towns has resulted in parents cutting back on work to stay home with children. The...
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07/02/21 -A recent study published by the Carsey School of Public Policy and conducted by UNH researchers Jess Carson, Analena Bruce, and Isaac Leslie found that half of New Hampshire...
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07/01/21 -A study by UNH researchersfound thathalf of New Hampshire residents are buying food from local farms at least a few times a month.
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06/02/21 -Jess Carson, a research professor at the 鶹app's Carsey School of Public Policy, recently told The Daily Yonder that people living in rural areas will more...