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Operating on Thin Margins: The Cost of Providing New Hampshire Child Care
In this primer, authors Tyrus Parker and Jess Carson summarize available data on the cost of operating a child care program in New Hampshire.
Center for Social Policy in Practice, New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program Child Care, Children, Education, Family
New Hampshire Child Care Scholarship Program Reaches Young Children Statewide
In this brief, authors Harshita Sarup and Jess Carson offer an update on enrollment in the New Hampshire Care Scholarship Program and describe the age and geographic distribution of enrolled children.
Center for Social Policy in Practice, New Hampshire Child Care, Children, Education, Family, New Hampshire
New Hampshire’s Well Educated, Underpaid Child Care Workforce
In this primer, authors Rebecca Glauber and Jess Carson discuss New Hampshire’s child care workforce.
Center for Social Policy in Practice, New Hampshire Child Care, Children, Education, Employment, Family, Income, New Hampshire, Wages
Fewer Providers, Longer Distances: New Hampshire’s Child Care Landscape
In this primer, authors Jess Carson and Harshita Sarup discuss New Hampshire’s “supply” of child care.
Center for Social Policy in Practice, New Hampshire Child Care, Children, Education, Family, Income, New Hampshire
Preschool Availability in New Hampshire Public Schools
This brief discusses data collected by researchers at the University of New Hampshire in spring 2024 better understand the landscape of preschool offerings in New Hampshire’s public schools.
Center for Social Policy in Practice Child Care, Children, Education, Family, New Hampshire
Granite Guide to Early Childhood: Introduction to New Hampshire’s Child Care Sector
The series of primers discussed in this overview, titled the Granite Guide to Early Childhood, synthesizes the widely disaggregated scholarship on child care in New Hampshire and compiles this work into an unprecedented accessible collection.
Center for Social Policy in Practice Child Care, Children, Education, Family, New Hampshire
“Hyperlocal” Career Pathway Programs in New Hampshire
In this report, author Jayson Seaman reports that cross-sector partnerships are playing a critical role in helping New Hampshire youth transition into postsecondary education and work. The partnerships work best when they involve collaboration and flexibility and…
New Hampshire Education, Employment, New Hampshire, Young Adults
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
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