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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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03/21/22Making Childcare More Accessible
Carsey School of Public Policy Research Assistant ProfessorÌýJess 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 beenÌýa struggle for many households in the recent years. An article from the Berlin SunÌýexamines...
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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.ÌýAn 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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06/05/18 -More New Hampshire children are being removed from their parents’ care, living with grandparents and other relatives, and being assessed by the state for abuse and neglect — all...
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06/05/18 -The burden of children tossed around by the opioid crisis is now more often falling upon grandparents and relatives, according to a new study released by the Carsey School of...
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06/05/18 -Ìýreport released on Tuesday from the University ofÌýNew HampshireÌýis shining a light on those living in the shadows of the state's opioid epidemic: the children who live with their...
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06/01/18 -ut not all of rural America is in decline. In fact, significant parts of it are thriving, while others have economies in transition. Understanding these distinctions is crucial to...
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06/01/18 -AÌýnew studyÌýfrom the UNH Carsey School of Public Policy finds that the number of children removed from parents has increased by 50 percent from 2012 to 2016. Cases that included a...
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04/09/18 -Kristin Smith, a family demographer at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the Â鶹app, where she is a research associate professor of sociology, said, “...
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03/22/18 - UNH Hosts Community Forums on Child SupportThe Carsey School of Public Policy at the Â鶹app will host three community forums to gather input from people who received a child support order after 2013 to... Read More -
03/20/18 - UNH Research Finds a Full-Time Job Not Always a Ticket to Health InsuranceOnly 33 percent of low-income workers employed full time have employer-based health insurance, compared to 57 percent of higher-income workers, according toÌýnew researchÌýout of... Read More -
02/27/18 -In today’s economy, low-income families working in sectors such as retail or food services often face frequent fluctuations in income across weeks, months, and years because of...
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02/13/18 - UNH Research Finds Elderly Used Less Long-Term Care During the Great RecessionThe use of long-term informal care by Americans over the age of 65 declined by 6.75 percent during the Great Recession, according to new research by the Carsey School of Public... Read More