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Blog Series: COVID-19 Response

April 7, 2020
ICS
COVID-19, Economics, Health Care, Policy
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Avoiding “non-essential” procedures and medical appointments is a key component of the national effort to slow the spread of the disease, through reducing crowded waiting rooms and conserving supplies for essential COVID-19 treatment

Blog Series: COVID-19 Response

April 2, 2020
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Child Care, COVID-19, Economics, Education, Health Care, Policy
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We will highlight recommendations from experts, cross-system considerations, and opportunities to learn from other communities on health, education, child care, child welfare, pregnancy, and more. While adjusting to the realities of our new world may feel like “building the plane while flying it,” the fact is that researchers, policymakers, and providers have decades of experience and literature that can help us chart a research-informed course in the coming weeks and months.

October 2019 eNews

November 7, 2019
Lisa Maronie
Education, Health Care, Newsletter, Pay for Success, Policy
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A recent community needs assessment conducted by the Institute for Child Success (which is leading the collaborative’s Childhood Homelessness Project) revealed gaps in services and the critical state of housing instability in Greenville County. In response, we are organizing a listening tour to understand community issues on the ground.

September 2019 eNews

November 1, 2019
Lisa Maronie
Education, Health Care, Newsletter, Pay for Success, Policy
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On September 17, ICS VP and General Counsel, Bryan Boroughs, spoke before a group of SC lawmakers comprising the Early Childhood Education Study Committee.

Doubling Down on Doulas to Improve Birth Outcomes

... doulas generally undergo training related to the physical, emotional, and social aspects of pregnancy, labor, and the newborn days, they have vast experience which can be used to help a delivering woman stay calm and focused, ask the right questions to feel comfortable with medical decisions, and adapt to the new reality of caring for a tiny baby.

Maternal mortality – the missing indicator

By Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research As we wrapped up our South Carolina Early Childhood Databook for publication, our team began to reflect on the process. We believe it’s important to reflect on what’s not in the report that…

South Carolina Poised to become National Leader in Breastfeeding and Lactation

By Amanda M. McDougald Scott, MS, Institute for Child Success Ashley Crary Lidow, MPH, WREN Terri Negron, RN, MN, FNP, Prisma Health and BZ (Melanie) Giese, BSN, RN, SC DHHS South Carolina Birth Outcomes Initiative This blog is part of ICS’s series…

When it comes to families, poverty rate only tells half the story

March 13, 2019
Megan Carolan
Child Care, Economics, Education, Health Care, News
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By Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research In our recently released South Carolina data book, we highlight a number of indicators related to family financial well-being. Reams of research find a connection between family economic well-being and a number of…

ICS and Greenville Medical-Legal Partnership in “Greenville News”

December 12, 2018
Megan Carolan
Health Care, Innovation, News, Press Release
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Greenville's Medical-Legal Partnership - a collaborative effort among South Carolina Legal Services, Greenville Hospital System, and Furman University, were profiled in an in-depth piece from health report Liv Osby for the Greenville News. Earlier this year, ICS released a policy brief on…

New Paper: Medical-Legal Partnerships Help Families Address Health Outside the Exam Room

By Keller Anne Ruble, Associate Director of Policy Research Healthcare delivery systems are facing multifaceted and complex challenges: seeking to improve public health while reducing costs. One recent shift in how hospitals and health centers address the “both-and” is through…