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...
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01/11/17 - St. James Plaindealer: Grow Our Own summit inspires attendees to work to support all southwest Minnesota kidsOn Dec. 15, the Southwest Initiative Foundation (SWIF) hosted the Grow Our Own summit at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. A full lineup of experts focused on how... Read More
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01/06/17 - The Concord Monitor: Story of father fired for attending birth of son catches eye of N.H. lawmakersAbout half of Granite Staters lack access to parental leave, and less than a third of workers have access to all three types of extended leave: for their own illness, for parental... Read More
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12/16/16 - The Independent: Looking to the future — our childrenBeth, Mattingly, the director of research on vulnerable families at the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy, shared information on Minnesota demographics... Read More
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11/17/16 - In These Times: New Research Shows Immigrants Working in Rural America are More Likely to Live in PovertyWhile much attention has been given to rural America’s changing demographics, little is known about how conditions for rural immigrants compare to those for their native-born... Read More
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11/16/16 - The Fosters Daily Democrat: Families need help with high cost of child careThe Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire recently released a finding most parents already know — child care is too expensive. The research, written by... Read More
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11/11/16 - The Concord Monitor: Study: Child care unaffordable for 1 in 4 familiesA little over a quarter of New Hampshire families paying for child care spend more than 10 percent of their income doing so, according to a new University of New Hampshire study.... Read More
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11/10/16 - UNH Research Finds Child Care Costs ‘Burden’ More Than 25 Percent of FamiliesOne in four families with young children spend more than 10 percent of their family income on child care costs, according to new research from the Carsey School of Public Policy... Read More
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10/26/16 - The Maine Sun Journal: Rise in single parenthood fuels family poverty in MaineThe poverty rate for Maine families in 2014 would be 27.8 percent lower if the share of families headed by single mothers remained at the 1970 level, according to researchers at... Read More
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10/26/16 - The Fosters Daily Democrat: UNH study: Not enough school counselorsLess than 20 percent of school districts in the U.S. meet the recommended student-to-school counselor ratio of 250:1 or lower, according to new research from the Carsey School of... Read More
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10/26/16 - The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting: Chaos in the classroom: Too many kids not ready and able to learnTeachers and school officials across the state are dealing with the same problems to one degree or another. Those problems are showing up very early. In a recent survey by the... Read More