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Valley News: Child Care Spots Limited in the Upper Valley
According to a report published by the Carsey School in 2018, the Upper Valley area in New Hampshire is short as many as 2,000 licensed child care spots. Due to COVID-19, this number is expected to rise. Read MoreAlso in UNH Today...
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04/29/20The Conway Daily Sun: Areas With Seasonal Homes Hit Harder by COVID-19
According to Jessica Carson, assistant research professor at the Carsey School, in the nation's 199 rural counties where seasonal housing acounts for... -
04/27/20Fosters.com: Welcomed Guests or Potential Threats?
Research published by Jessica Carson of the Carsey School found that in the nation's 199 rural counties where seasonal housing accounts for 25% or... -
04/23/20Concord Monitor: NH Counties Worry About Influx of Seasonal Visitors
According to Jessica Carson, an assistant research professor at the Carsey School, seasonal homes in New Hampshire account for more than 10% of all... -
04/20/20Seasonal Vacation Spots Slowly Becoming COVID-19 Hot Spots
Reseach published by Jessica Carson, an assistant research professor at the Carsey School, found that in the nation's 199 rural counties where...
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04/20/20 - Researchers Call for Equity in COVID-19 ResponsesKenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, believes that state and federal responses to the ongoing pandemic should take vulnerable rural populations into... Read More -
04/16/20 - Coronavirus TrackingCarsey School research assistant professor Jessica Carson recently interviewed on Bloomberg Baystate Business to discuss her findings regarding COVID-19 and rural communities. Read More -
04/16/20 - Second-Home Rural Counties See COVID-19 SpikeResearch recently conducted by Jessica Carson, assistant research professor at the Carsey School, found that in the nation's 199 rural counties where seasonal housing accounts for... Read More -
04/16/20 - Rural Vacation Areas Experiencing High Numbers of COVID-19 CasesAccording to Jessica Carson, assistant research professor at the Carsey School, rural counties with a high number of seasonal homes across the U.S. have seen more cases of COVID-... Read More -
04/14/20 - Rural Vacation Areas More Susceptible to COVID-19Research done by Jessica Carson, research assistant professor at the Carsey School, showed that rural counties across the United States with high numbers of seasonal homes are... Read More -
04/13/20 - Outsiders Quarantining in Rural Counties Leads to a Rise in COVID-19 CasesJessica Carson, a research assistant professor of public policy at Carsey, says that those who do not usually live in rural areas and are traveling there to escape COVID-19, are... Read More -
04/10/20 - Rural Areas With Vacation Homes More Susceptible to COVID-19 OutbreaksAccording to Jessica Carson, a research assistant professor at Carsey, rural counties that are attractive destination spots- either because they are near ski areas or beach fronts... Read More -
11/13/19 - Restaurant Workers Deserve Affordable Child CareOne in four families spends more than 10 percent of their income on child care, according to a 2016 report from Carsey School of Public Policy. Low-income families spend 19.8... Read More -
06/16/15 - UNH Expert Weighs In On Duggar DramaDavid Finkelhor, director of the UNH Crimes Against Children Research CenterWhen news broke that the Duggar family — known for their TLC show "19 Kids and Counting" as well as... Read More -
05/11/15 - A.J. LeBlanc Named Family Business of the YearA.J. LeBlanc Heating, Plumbing and Air Conditioning in Bedford has been named the 2015 Family Business of the Year by the University of New Hampshire Center for Family Business... Read More