People in New Hampshire overwhelmingly support investing in our kids, and especially early education.
After years of work by advocates, supporters in New Hampshire and coalition partners, Governor Chris Sununu signed bipartisan legislation in 2017 that ensures more kids in the Granite State will have access to day kindergarten. In 2022, we successfully advocated for legislation that will direct state agencies to develop a plan to improve access to high-quality child care.
We’re committed to ensuring all New Hampshire’s children in succeed in school and life.
This comprehensive bill will help parents have reliable, quality care while they work, improve inadequate wages for the childcare workforce, and ensure children are in a caring environment that helps them grow!
Valley News
March 1, 2023
For those who care about families, children, and New Hampshire businesses, please support The Child Care for NH Working Families Act (SB 237) currently pending before the New Hampshire Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
New Hampshire Bulletin
February 20, 2023
Providing safe, quality child care in a child care center is expensive, and the crisis is multifaceted. Now a bill currently under consideration in the state Senate aims to improve New Hampshire’s child care system. The Child Care for Working Families Act includes changes to the N.H. Child Care Scholarship Program regarding eligibility and reimbursement policies.
A new Concord High School student club is collecting food donations this month to help food-insecure students locally, and the project has garnered support from many of the businesses along Concord’s Main Street.
Lindsay Hanson
Sr. Director of State & Electoral Campaigns for the East
Before joining the SCAN team in 2015, Lindsay led the state-wide advocacy group, NARAL Pro-Choice NH. Prior to her work with NARAL, Hanson spent nearly 5 years as Vice President of the Women’s Fund of New Hampshire, and served as the NH Women’s Vote Director for Obama for America. Hanson has over fifteen years of leadership experience in philanthropy, political and nonprofit management, including expertise in grant-making, fundraising, and long-range strategic planning.
Lindsay is a life-long resident of New Hampshire and currently lives in Hopkinton.