The Carsey Institute is a nonprofit policy and applied research organization located in the United States on the campus of the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire. It opened its doors in 2004 with a focus on policy and applied research in the areas of families and rural poverty in America and has grown to cover families and sustainable development not only in New Hampshire and across the United States but also around the world.
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The Carsey Institute conducts national and regional policy research on vulnerable children, youth, and families and on sustainable community development. The institute gives policy makers and practitioners the independent resources to effect change in their communities.[1]
University of New Hampshire alumna Marcy Peterson Carsey, a 1966 graduate in English literature and the producer of television shows, including The Cosby Show and Roseanne, established the Carsey Institute through a financial gift to the university in May 2002.[2][3] The Carsey Institute was created to address the new reality of families and women, work, and communities in the 21st century.[4]
The Carsey Institute produces topical reports and briefs that present complex data analysis on pressing issues that are grounded in real-world conditions and tied to current policy debates and practical solutions.[5] The publications program is at the center of the Carsey Institute’s work to offer high quality, powerful resources to decision makers working with vulnerable families.[6] and communities [7] Carsey Institute publications provide historical perspective, incorporate the most recent data available, and explore policy implications.
The Carsey Institute researches and publishes on topics in several policy areas, including civic engagement; children, youth, and families; community development finance; health; housing; immigration; New Hampshire and New England; poverty; rural and urban America; sustainable development; and work.[8] [9]
The Carsey Institute oversees several programs, including the Stonyfield Farm Entrepreneurship Institute[10] (in conjunction with the Whittemore School of Business and Economics and Stonyfield Farm), Tracking Changes in the North Country,[11] Community and Environment in Rural America (CERA),[12] and the Sustainable Microenterprise & Development Program (SMDP).[13] In the spring of 2011, Carsey will head a new 14-month master’s degree program in development, policy and practice (MADPP).[14]
The institute has received support from the Ford,[15] Kellogg, Annie E. Casey,[16] New Hampshire Charitable,[17] and Fuller Foundations,[18] Jane’s Trust and the New Hampshire Endowment for Health.[19] The institute has also received funding from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation,[20] the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation,[21] the F.B. Heron Foundation,[22] the New Hampshire Children's Alliance,[23][24] and the Maine and Vermont Community Foundations.[25][26]