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5 Takeaways from the National Research Conference on Early Childhood 2022 (NRCEC2022)

July 14, 2022
Camille Sullivan
Early Childhood Assessments, Education, Health Care, News, Policy
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The National Research Conference on Early Childhood (NRCEC) from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) was held virtually on June 27-29, 2022. This conference, held every two years, displays the most innovative and timely early childhood research among a…

Children & COVID – Part 2: Vaccine Update

Children & COVID – Part 1: Making sense of rates and vaccination and Part 3: Masks in Schools COVID-19 blog series Children At Risk Due to Lagging Vaccinations Experts urge that widespread adult vaccination is key to protecting children while so many…

Children & COVID – Part 1: Making Sense of Rates and Vaccination

Children & COVID – Part 2: Vaccine Update and Part 3: Masks in Schools COVID-19 blog series Increasing Rates of COVID-19 in Children The summer 2021 surge in COVID-19 cases, despite widespread vaccination in the U.S., is particularly concerning for…

Children’s Dental Health Month – Practice Taking Precautions during Pandemic: Don’t Postpone Your Child’s Dental Care

by guest contributor Rosie Kickish, DMD, Inspiration Dental in Riverview, FL Everyday life looks different lately. We shop for groceries online and curbside, refrain from visiting loved ones for birthdays and holidays, and we wonder how safe it is to…

Will a COVID-19 Vaccine Bring Family Life “Back to Normal?”

COVID-19 blog series By Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research; Alexis Herschkowitsch, Innovation Associate; Rachel Perkins, Policy Research Intern With recent news from drug companies about early success in COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials, the world is buzzing with what this…

September 2020 eNews

October 1, 2020
Lisa Maronie
Education, Events, Health Care, Newsletter
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Publications on Children’s Wellbeing ICS Releases Report on COVID-19’s Impact onPediatric Healthcare in South Carolina The Institute for Child Success (ICS) conducted a survey of 69 pediatricians across the state in on behalf of the South Carolina American Academy of…

Anti-racism and Our Children’s Future

September 3, 2020
Jamie Moon
Education, Health Care, Housing, Mental Health, News, Policy, Research
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A racial awakening occurred in summer 2020 that has seen communities wrestle with a reckoning that, at this moment, feels unprecedented. We, at ICS, acknowledge that this moment is centuries overdue.

June 2020 eNews

July 6, 2020
ICS
Child Care, Economics, Health Care, Newsletter
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"It was always a weak industry, and it was very vulnerable," said Jamie Moon, president of the Institute for Child Success, a Greenville-based policy and research organization. "The pandemic has only served to highlight that vulnerability, and it's really a shame because it's such a critical part of having a robust economy."

May 2020 eNews

June 2, 2020
Lisa Maronie
Child Care, Economics, Events, Health Care, News, Newsletter
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Health inequity is one of many issues both highlighted and worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. More than two months into the worldwide crisis, the impacts have been disproportionately felt across society as people of color and those experiencing poverty are bearing the brunt of the burden.

April 2020 eNews

April 29, 2020
Lisa Maronie
Child Care, Economics, Education, Events, Health Care, Maternity, Mental Health, Newsletter
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Over the last week, ICS collected responses to a survey of child care providers in South Carolina to better understand how the spread of COVID-19 – and the resulting economic impacts – are affecting the child care sector. The child care sector is essential to the health and well-being of millions of South Carolina families and to our economy as a whole.