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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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03/21/22Making 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 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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06/05/18 -More Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø 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 -Ìýreport released on Tuesday from the University ofÌýÒ×ʤ²©¹ÙÍøÌýis 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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06/05/18 -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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06/01/18 -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 Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø 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 University of Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø, where she is a research associate professor of sociology, said, “...
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03/22/18 - Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø Hosts Community Forums on Child SupportThe Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø will host three community forums to gather input from people who received a child support order after 2013 to... Read More -
03/20/18 - Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø 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 - Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø 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