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.
Presented by Nicole Heller, Senior Policy Analyst at the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute, to the New Hampshire Child Care Advisory Council, Economics of Child Care Webinar Series on September 18, 2024.
First published in NH Bulletin, September 10, 2024
Both the number of children in the Granite State and the number of children receiving scholarships as a percentage of all New Hampshire children ages birth to 13 has decreased over time. Proportional use of scholarships, however, should remain relatively stable given the income metrics used to set eligibility. Proportional use peaked at 2.9 percent ...
The New Hampshire Child Care Scholarship Program, funded through a state and federal fiscal partnership, subsidizes child care tuition to make high quality early care and education affordable and accessible ...
For many Granite State families, child care is inaccessible and unaffordable. Some families in New Hampshire may find child care unaffordable specifically due to the high price of tuition which, ...
Presented by Nicole Heller, Senior Policy Analyst at the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute, at the Granite United Way Business Roundtables on August 22, 2024.