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This Mother’s Day, the NHFPI team is recognizing the hard work of New Hampshire mothers by doing what we do best: highlighting key data that underscores both the challenges mothers face and the vital contributions they make across the Granite State.
Thursday, March 26, 2026 marks National Women’s Equal Pay Day, the day that represents how far into the new calendar year the median full-time, year-round working woman would need to work to earn what the median full-time, year-round working man earned in the previous year.
A new analysis from the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute that reveals that while New Hampshire’s population grew by 30,300 people between 2020 and 2024, the growth was uneven.
In short: the total $81.3 million reclaimed by the federal government provided flexible funding support for public health and behavioral health initiatives across the state – funds that were expected to continue into 2026.
During the 2021-2023 period, approximately 42,300 New Hampshire households, or 7.4 percent of households in the state, were food insecure.
New data collected earlier this year show the cost of renting continues to rise in New Hampshire, increasing pressure on overall housing availability and the finances of Granite State renters.
These federal funds are available for deployment to help Granite Staters though enhanced FANF outreach and assistance, and may be used to help ease financial hardships for families with lower incomes due to rising costs and expiring federal supports associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.