Five years ago, leaders associated with the United Way of Greenville County and the Children’s Hospital of the Greenville Health System came together to address a seemingly pervasive dilemma: that despite decades of private and public investment and the good…
By Megan Carolan, Associate Director for Policy Research In December, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) released information from a detailed poll of Americans which found overwhelming support for early childhood education. As our colleagues at…
The Institute for Child Success (ICS) is pleased to submit comments on the Draft Policy Statement on Family Engagement, From the Early Years to the Early Grades, jointly developed by the U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human…
By Dr. Janice Gruendel, Senior Fellow, Institute for Child Success; Fellow, Zigler Center in Child Development & Social Policy, Yale University and Heather Baker, Manager, Public Consulting Group We all love babies. We are wired, both men and women, to lean in,…
By Mary Garvey, Associate Director, Pay for Success Financing October 21st marked the start of a two-day training for service providers in Sonoma County, CA. In partnership with Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), ICS offered the training to one of four…
By Megan Carolan, Associate Director for Policy Research The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has the power to improve educational outcomes for children whose families receive it, according to a new analysis ICS is releasing today. Michelle Maxfield, PhD, of…
How much should government pay for outcomes in a Pay for Success contract? The Center for American Progress has released a new paper on pricing outcomes in Pay for Success deals. “From Cashable Savings to Public Value: Pricing Program Outcomes…
ICS is honored this month to have our Pay for Success (PFS) technical assistance work highlighted in two federal newsletters. The Social Innovation Fund Spotlight shines on ICS in August. ICS is helping four jurisdictions explore the feasibility of PFS…
SXSWedu, the education-focused offshoot of the SXSW festival, has opened its PanelPicker voting to help select which sessions will appear on the 2016 gathering's agenda. Several panels have been developed by the ECD Emerging Leaders group convened by ICS in May. These…
This blog was written by Tamela Spann of the Mary Black Foundation, a private foundation established to improve the health of Spartanburg County, South Carolina. You can view the original post here. I recently shared a link to a USA Today article, “More…