They gathered in an unlikely location, the former Middleton Place plantation in Charleston, S.C., in October for ICS’s Race, Justice and the Young Child leadership seminar: social workers, poets, childcare providers, child abuse prevention advocates, policymakers, and other leaders passionate…
With support from the Social Innovation Fund, the Institute for Child Success (ICS) has worked extensively with jurisdictions across the U.S. to explore the suitability of Pay For Success (PFS) financing as a means of improving child outcomes by expanding…
In August, the U.S. Department of Education announced $2.8 million in available funding for a Preschool Pay For Success (PFS) Feasibility Pilot program. These grants will fund feasibility studies for early education Pay for Success projects. State, local, and tribal governments…
Please join the Institute for Child Success for a briefing entitled “The Effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Child Achievement and Long-Term Educational Attainment.” The briefing will highlight recent research that examines the relationship between academic outcomes for young children and receipt of an enhanced Earned Income Tax Credit…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (March 3, 2014) – This week the Institute for Child Success is pleased to honor seven members of the South Carolina General Assembly for their outstanding commitment to South Carolina’s youngest children. The legislators will be honored at the Institute’s annual…
GREENVILLE, S.C. (November 19, 2013) – The Institute for Child Success has added new members to its Advisory Council, which met with the ICS Board of Directors in Columbia yesterday. Dr. Kent McGuire, President and CEO of the Southern Education Foundation in Atlanta,…
GREENVILLE, S.C. (July 8, 2013) – The Institute for Child Success’ Vice President of Policy and Communications, Joe Waters, joined his colleague, Megan Golden of New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service, in presenting on the applicability of social impact financing…