Public education that is accessible to all children and adults in New Hampshire helps ensure a strong foundation for the health, prosperity, and overall wellbeing of all Granite Staters. Investments in public education from kindergarten to higher education have the potential to provide long-term positive returns to local communities, their residents, and the overall New Hampshire economy. Funding education systems that foster attainment and learning, while encouraging every student to succeed, will broaden individual opportunities and provide New Hampshire with a skilled workforce.
NHFPI focuses on funding for public education in New Hampshire, and the importance of ensuring equitable access to opportunity so that all Granite State children and adults have the skills that will enable them to prosper.
KEY POINTS The 2025 federal reconciliation law made changes to the Child Tax Credit, the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, and two other early care and education-related credits. The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit expansion allows more child care expenses to be offset by the tax credit, but remains nonrefundable, leaving families with ...
Presented by Phil Sletten, New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute Research Director, and Jess Carson, Carsey School of Public Policy Research Assistant Professor at the City of Manchester Commission on Child Care meeting on April 23, 2026.
On the last Friday of each month, the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute’s research team shares a curated list of books, research papers, podcasts, and more that are helping to shape our understanding of the economic wellbeing of the Granite State and beyond. Here are our picks for April 2026: Projected Reductions in Medicaid Expansion ...
KEY POINTS New Hampshire is moving away from broad stabilization grants. Hold Harmless Grant is being phased out by State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2034. More aid is based on student ...
Public education is one of the largest investments New Hampshire makes, and one of the most debated. The state relies more heavily on local property taxes to fund schools than ...
Presented by Phil Sletten, New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute Research Director, and Jessica Williams, New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute Senior Policy Analyst, to the Community Development Finance Authority Board of ...