Why New Hampshire?

The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2010 Kids Count ranked New Hampshire #1 in overall child well-being. This is the 3rd year New Hampshire received the top ranking.

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http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/acrossstates/Rankings.aspx?loct=2&by=a&order=a&ind=137&dtm=10657&tf=133

The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual “Kids Count” program has ranked New Hampshire as the best state to raise children. This would re-confirm New Hampshire’s #1 status, a place it’s held 4 times in the past 5 years.

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http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/acrossstates/Rankings.aspx?ind=137

http://unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Report%3a+NH+still+No.+1+for+raising+kids&articleId=711927b0-3072-4fbe-9a7c-48695ffbbed6

New Hampshire was the first state to adopt same-sex union legislation without a challenge of existing law.

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http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070426/REPOSITORY/70426002/1030

Kids Count, a project of the Casey Foundation aimed at measuring child well-being in America, has ranked New Hampshire #1 in six of the seven past surveys since 1999. The 2004/2005 year was the only year New Hampshire dropped from the first spot, taking second. It reclaimed it’s #1 spot the following (most recent) year.

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http://www.kidscount.org/datacenter/profile_results.jsp?r=31&d=1

New Hampshire’s Constitution is one of the few in the nation that does not mandate the provision of a public school system.

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http://www.nh.gov/constitution/constitution.html