Vulnerable Families
America's School Counselor Crisis
In addition to addressing the varied needs of students, school counselors bridge gaps by working not just with students but also with “administrators, teachers, school support staff, parents and outside community members to design, implement and evaluate comprehensive wellness programs within... Read More
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08/03/19Poverty in Rural vs. Urban N.H.
UNH Carsey School of Public Policy researcher Jessica Carson joins NHPR's The Exchange to discuss how living in a rural part of New Hampshire versus... -
07/20/19Mapping NH's Food Landscape
New research by Jessica Carson of the Carsey School of Public Policy maps New Hampshire's food landscape and identifies several deficiencies in... -
07/18/19Limited Healthy Food Choices for Northern NH Residents
New research conducted by Carsey research assistant professor Jessica Carson maps the food landscape across New Hampshire to find fewer healthy food... -
07/16/19New Research Shows Support for Paid Family/Medical Leave
New research by Kristin Smith of UNH's Carsey School of Public Policy identifies that 78 percent of New Hampshire residents support a statewide paid...
Recent Stories
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04/13/19 - Capital Beat: New Hampshire, Vermont on verge of paid family leave stalemate (Concord Monitor)The Concord Monitor reports on a UNH poll on paid leave. Read More -
04/10/19 - UNH research finds strong support for job protection in family leave plan (NH Business Review)New research conducted by Kristin Smith of the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy finds that more than nine in 10 New Hampshire residents support... Read More -
03/04/19 - Kids Are Poor Because We Make Their Parents Poor. Is That Finally Going To Change? (Huffington Post)The child care proposals fit more familiar rhetoric about families and the middle class, though they too would probably still reduce child poverty. A 2017 paper from experts at... Read More -
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01/16/19 - Govs. Scott, Sununu Announce Joint Voluntary Paid Family Leave Plan For Vt. And N.H. (VPR)Vermont Gov. Phil Scott and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu have announced plans to create a bi-state voluntary paid family leave program. Scott said the proposal will help... Read More -
11/14/18 - The New Hampshire Union Leader: Council balks at adding maternal opioid use to birth recordsNew Hampshire has experienced a significant increase in babies born with opioids in their systems since the outbreak of the opioid addiction crisis. From 2005 to 2015 the number... Read More -
10/09/18 - The Laconia Daily Sun: State grant aimed at preventing child abuse to benefit Lakes RegionThe New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Children’s Bureau, Administration for... Read More -
10/08/18 - Manchester Ink Link: NH DHHS receives 5-year $2.75M federal grant to prevent child abuse and neglectThe NH Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is pleased to announce it has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Children’s Bureau,... Read More -
10/07/18 - WMUR News: A revealing report on The Status of Women in New HampshireFred Kocher sits down with Tanna Clews, CEO of the New Hampshire Women's Foundation, and Dr. Kristin Smith, a researcher at the Carsey School of Public Policy, to discuss The... Read More -
10/02/18 - The Christian Science Monitor: Cities Battle Their States Over Paid Sick Leave PolicyCarsey School brief cited in report. Read More