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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By Keller Anne Ruble, Associate Director of Policy Research What do you think is the biggest contributor to a person’s overall health? Genetics? Health insurance coverage? How much water you drink during the day? None of the above. In fact,…
By Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research It is easy, sometimes, for cities to dominate the conversation on education policy in America, especially in the world of early childhood. In recent years, we have seen major preschool initiatives as central…
By Bryan Boroughs, Vice President, Institute for Child Success Over the last several days, Congress completed some important work for America’s young children. That news was overshadowed in major news outlets by the controversies around the spending bill, DACA, and…
As many of our readers will know, funding for the federal government’s operations expires at midnight tonight, and Congress is working to enact a spending measure before that date. Yesterday, the U.S. House passed a bill that it sent to…
By J.M. Gruendel, ICS Senior Fellow This week, the Puerto Rico Department of Health reported that more than 22,300 of its residents were infected with the Zika virus. Among those Zika-infected individuals, 1,871 were pregnant women. Contracting the Zika virus…