By EC PRISM Research Specialist Aimée Drouin Duncan, PhD and EC PRISM Director of Science Communication Katie Hammond, MPH Today in early learning, assessment standards are in place to promote child and family well-being. These standards have been developed by federal, state, and…
by Paul Dworkin, MD, Founding Director, Help Me Grow National Center; Executive Vice President for Community Child Health, Connecticut Children's Medical Center; and Institute for Child Success board member; and Desmond Kelly, MD, Chief Medical Research Officer for Prisma Health;…
As an organization, ICS focuses on the systems that support young children and their families to help them thrive, spanning health care, child welfare, and early care and education. In order to deliver on the promise of these investments, we…
Child care is having a public reckoning right now, fueled by the shifting employment landscape as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, and a labor market that gives potential employees more options. Child care centers have reported challenges in finding…
3-part blog series Children & COVID – Part 1: Making Sense of Rates and Vaccination The summer 2021 surge in COVID-19 cases, despite widespread vaccination in the U.S., is particularly concerning for those focused on child health. Several factors have…
COVID-19 blog series As the country has considered how it will emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, child care has remained a central topic of conversation, sitting at the intersection of education, the economy, workforce, and family dynamics. Simply, the pandemic acutely highlighted…
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 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…
COVID-19 blog series In early March 2021, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act which included, among many other things, $39B for child care, $15B in Child Care Development Block Grants and $24B in Child Care Stabilization Funds. In May, the Administration…