Center for Social Policy in Practice

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What Do New Hampshire Families Want for Child Care?
In this primer, authors Rebecca Glauber and Jess Carson describe the complexity of families’ child care decision making, shaped by preference and the reality of available offerings.
Center for Social Policy in Practice, New Hampshire Child Care, Children, New Hampshire
A Descriptive Study of Covid-Era Movers to the Northern Forest Region
The Northern Forest—a 34-county swath of northern Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York—saw an increase in domestic migration during the pandemic, with 85 percent of the region’s counties experiencing domestic in-migration gains between 2020 and 2021, compared…
Center for Social Policy in Practice COVID-19, Environment, Forests, Migration
New Englanders’ Use of Child Care Varies by Income, Even Among Working Households
In this data snapshot, author Jess Carson reports that data from the U.S. Census Bureau collected between January and May 2023 show that access to child care remains uneven.
Center for Social Policy in Practice Child Care, Children, Family, New England
New England Households Rely on a Mix of Child Care Arrangements
In this data snapshot, author Jess Carson reports that data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau between January and May 2023 show that 70 percent of New England households with a child under five use child care, and more than one-third of those rely on multiple…
Center for Social Policy in Practice Child Care, Children, Family, New England
Permanent Supportive Housing as a Solution to Homelessness
In this perspectives brief, author Antonio Serna examines both the successful strategies and the challenges faced in implementing permanent supportive housing (PSH) in Massachusetts in the hope that these lessons will further PSH as a solution in other settings.…
Center for Social Policy in Practice Community, Housing
New Hampshire Parents Use Child Care but Seek More Options
In this brief, authors Jess Carson and Sarah Boege describe child care use and gaps among respondents to the 2022 New Hampshire Preschool Development Grant Family Needs Assessment Survey.
Center for Social Policy in Practice, New Hampshire Child Care, Children, Education, Family
Supportive Program Strengths and Gaps for New Hampshire Families
In this brief, authors Sarah Boege and Jess Carson describe child and family program use and gaps among respondents to the 2022 New Hampshire Preschool Development Grant Family Needs Assessment Survey.
Center for Social Policy in Practice, New Hampshire Child Care, Children, Education, Family, Food Assistance, New Hampshire, Poverty, Public Opinion, Safety Net
Changing Child Care Supply in New Hampshire and Vermont’s Upper Valley
In this brief, authors Jess Carson and Sarah Boege describe changes in the early childhood education and care landscape of Grafton and Sullivan Counties in New Hampshire and Orange and Windsor Counties in Vermont, collectively known as the Upper Valley.
Center for Social Policy in Practice, New Hampshire Child Care, Children, Family, New England, New Hampshire
Child Care Investments and Policies in the Upper Valley, in the Pandemic and Beyond
In this brief, the authors illustrate New Hampshire and Vermont’s different responses to supporting the early childhood education and care sector during the COVID-19 pandemic and examine the limited publicly available data on pandemic relief funds through the lens of…
Center for Social Policy in Practice, New Hampshire Child Care, Children, COVID-19, Education, Family, New England, New Hampshire, Safety Net
Why Interstate Child Care Scholarship Policy Choices Matter in the Upper Valley
In this brief, the authors explore how state-level decisions in New Hampshire and Vermont manifest in the early childhood education and care sector, through the lens of the interstate Upper Valley region.
Center for Social Policy in Practice, New Hampshire Child Care, Children, Education, Family, New England, New Hampshire