Family
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| For One in Four Very Young, Low-Income Children, Parents Are Young Too This brief maps the distribution of children living with young adult parents, describes their parents’ characteristics, and details ways to strengthen policy supports that can fortify their families’ ability to succeed.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Children, Family, Young Adults |
| Working Families’ Access to Early Childhood Education Although the Upper Valley has more than 200 licensed child care providers, the corresponding number of licensed slots is about 2,000 short of the estimated number of young children who likely need early care and education. Early childhood is a critical developmental… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Employment, Family |
| Child Care Expenses Make Middle-Class Incomes Hard to Reach Most Americans believe that through hard work and saving they can secure an economically sound, middle-class lifestyle.1 But for many working families, the high price of child care makes this goal extremely challenging.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Children, Family |
| Drug Overdose Rates Are Highest in Places With the Most Economic and Family Distress The U.S. drug overdose problem has reached epidemic levels, prompting President Trump to declare a public health emergency. Since 2000, 786,781 people in the United States have died from drug overdoses and other drug-related causes, with nearly 40 percent of those… |
Demography | Drugs, Family, Mortality, Substance Abuse |
| Utilization of Long-Term Care by an Aging Population The aging of the U.S. population is an ongoing trend. The U.S. Census Bureau projects that by 2050 one in every five Americans will be over 65, and that by 2060 the over-65 population will have doubled in absolute size and the over-85 population will have tripled.… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Disability, Family, Health, Seniors |
| As Opioid Use Climbs, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Rises in New Hampshire The opioid crisis besetting every region of the United States directly affects more than just those who use substances. For a pregnant woman, a consequence of substance use can be neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)—withdrawal symptoms experienced by the newborn (see… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Drugs, Family, Health, New Hampshire, Substance Abuse |
| Data Snapshot: Working Families with Young Children and No Out-of-Pocket Child Care Struggle Financially Working families with young children face substantial barriers in accessing and affording quality child care. Figure 1 shows that among working families with a child under age 3, those who do not pay for child care are more likely to live in poor or low-income… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Children, Family |
| Data Snapshot: Poorer Working Families With Young Children Are Unlikely to Afford Child Care Low-income families with working parents face significant burdens paying for child care, which can function as a barrier to work and often means parents must rely on child care arrangements that are less formal and less stable.1 Amid national concerns about the high… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Family, Income |
| Child Care Costs Exceed 10 Percent of Family Income for One in Four Families Access to quality, affordable child care is critical for American working families, and it is a major focus of efforts to bring about more family-friendly workplaces. In this brief, we analyze families’ child care expenses and identify, among families with young… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Community Development Finance, Family |
| Over 80 Percent of New Hampshire Residents Support Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Paid family and medical leave helps workers manage their work and family responsibilities by allowing them to take extended time away from work while receiving some wage replacement and without the threat of being fired. Yet, access to paid family and medical leave… |
New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Health, Health Insurance, New Hampshire |
