Vulnerable Families
Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø 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 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 Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø 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 careÌýaccessibility 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 Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø-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,Ìýcountless women have spoken out about their first hand sexual harassment encounters while workingÌýfor 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 beenÌýstruggling 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 -Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø's labor shortage has been exacerbated due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has extremelyÌýimpacted a child care shortage, causingÌýproviders 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 careÌýNorwich 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 Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø researchers Jess Carson, Analena Bruce, and Isaac Leslie found that half of Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø...
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07/01/21 -A study by Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø researchersÌýfound thatÌýhalf of Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø 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 University of Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø's Carsey School of Public Policy, recently told The Daily Yonder that people living in rural areas will more...