Vulnerable Families
Yahoo News-New Hampshire Union Leader: Time vs. money: Sweeping child care reform proposed
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... Read More-
03/21/22
Making Childcare More Accessible
Carsey School of Public Policy Research Assistant Professor Jess Carson and Ph.D. student Kamala Nasirova met the summer of 2021 through a mutual... -
02/07/22
The Berlin Sun: UNH research finds lack of childcare led to disproportionate job loss
Childcare for children under the age of 12 has been a struggle for many households in the recent years. An article from the Berlin Sun examines... -
01/26/22
Policy Genius: Who's getting left behind in the COVID-19 recovery?
COVID-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... -
01/03/22
NH Public Radio: Report: One-quarter of U.S. households with young children struggle to find child care
Todd 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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04/20/17 - The New York Times: How Child Care Enriches Mothers, and Especially the Sons They RaiseThe Department of Health and Human Services says child care should cost 7 percent of a family’s income at most — but 42 percent of families who buy care for young children spend... Read More
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04/18/17 - UNH Finds Child Poverty Continues to Decline but Racial-Ethnic Disparities PersistBetween 2014 and 2015 child poverty fell for all race-ethnicities except Asians, but patterns in levels and characteristics of child poverty persist, according to researchers at... Read More
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03/30/17 - NHPR: UNH Research: Many Part-Time Employees Still Looking for Full-Time WorkNew research from the Carsey School of Public Policy at UNH shows the number of part-time employees who want to be working full-time has still not returned to pre-recession levels... Read More
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03/28/17 - UNH Research Finds Involuntary Part-Time Employment Remains HighAlthough unemployment overall has returned to its pre-recession level, involuntary part-time employment is still above its pre-recession level, according to new research released... Read More
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03/16/17 - Education Week: 70,000 Students With Disabilities Secluded, Restrained in SchoolIn 2012, the Education Department released a document outlining 15 principles that states could use as a starting place for their own regulations aimed at reducing restraint and... Read More
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03/14/17 - UNH Research Finds One in 10 N.H. Teens a Victim of Dating ViolencNearly one in 10 New Hampshire teens reported being the victim of physical dating violence during the past year and more than one in 10 reported being the victim of sexual dating... Read More
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03/08/17 - The Washington Post: Laziness isn't why people are poor. And iPhones aren't why they lack health care.Stephen Pimpare is the author most recently of "Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens: Down and Out on the Silver Screen." He teaches American politics and public policy at the... Read More
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02/28/17 - UNH Research Finds State EITC Programs Provide Relief to Families in NeedIndividuals in states with state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) programs receive, on average, a 17.6 percent match of their federal EITC benefits and that supplement pulls an... Read More
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02/03/17 - The New Hampshire Business Review: Paid family leave bill scrutinized at hearingWhile the sponsors were confident that such a program would be feasible, Kristin Smith, an associate professor at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New... Read More
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01/31/17 - UNH Research Finds Deaths Involving Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide Are on the RiseNationwide, the mortality rate from deaths caused by drugs, alcohol and suicide rose 52 percent from 2000 to 2014, according to new research from the Carsey School of Public... Read More