Refundable Earned Income Tax Credits could significantly expand support for working families in need Prenatal-to-3 has published a report estimating the benefits and costs of implementing a refundable state earned income tax credit (EITC) in South Carolina between 10% and…
Hello Family Spartanburg has released their 2021-2022 Annual Report, detailing some of the initiative’s many exciting accomplishments over the past year. Hello Family provides a wide network of services to support all young children and their families in Spartanburg, South…
by Thomas Knapp, South Carolina Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers and Megan Carolan, ICS VP of Research A new report from the South Carolina Network of Children's Advocacy Centers (SCNCAC) documents tremendous progress in bringing Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) and…
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…
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…