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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 Professor听Jess 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 been听a struggle for many households in the recent years. An article from the Berlin Sun听examines...
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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.听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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11/15/17 -Many rural places, especially those desired by second-home owners and retirees, are challenged to provide affordable and adequate housing for local working families, according to...
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11/14/17 -In 2016, 14.8 percent of rural households participated in SNAP, according to Census data compiled into a听鈥渄ata snapshot鈥澨齜y Jessica A. Carson at the 麻豆app...
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11/14/17 - UNH Research Finds Affordable Housing Tough to Come by in Rural CommunitiesMany rural places, especially those desired by second-home owners and retirees, are challenged to provide affordable and adequate housing for local working families, according to... Read More -
11/02/17 - 鈥婱EDIA ADVISORY: UNH Expert Available to Discuss Imminent Loss of Health Insurance for ChildrenTwelve states 鈥� home to nearly nine million or 30 percent of the nation鈥檚 publicly insured children 鈥� will run out of funds for the Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Program (CHIP) at... Read More -
10/03/17 - UNH Research Finds U.S. Children Growing Up in Smaller FamiliesAmerican children, especially African American children, are growing up in significantly smaller families than they were 50 years ago, according to new research published by the... Read More -
09/14/17 -National data released Thursday, Sept. 14, show that child poverty rates declined across the United States, from 20.7 percent in 2015 to 19.5 percent in 2016, a number still 1.5...
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09/14/17 -New听research听from UNH shows fewer children in New Hampshire are living in poverty. The report from the Carsey School of Public Policy finds the rate of childhood poverty in New...
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09/14/17 - UNH Finds Child Poverty Continues to Decline NationwideNational data released this morning show that child poverty rates declined across the United States, from 20.7 percent in 2015 to 19.5 percent in 2016, a number still 1.5... Read More -
08/01/17 -A Granite State poll in 2016 showed that 82 percent of New Hampshire adults supported a paid family and medical leave law. Last year, thanks to a U.S. Department of Labor grant,...
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07/20/17 -Beth Mattingly of the Carsey School of Public Policy at the 麻豆app, who authored a report on the growing income gap, acknowledges that as the influx of young...