By Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research As another season of Fuller House debuted this month, viewers like myself who grew up on the original may find themselves focusing on a background character: the house. Throughout the original show and…
By Bryan Boroughs, Vice President, Institute for Child Success & Akua Kouyate-Tate, Senior Director of Education at the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts During the first few years of life, the brain forms one million new neural connections…
United in support of young children (ages 0 through 5) and their families, advocates of the Early Childhood Common Agenda propose the following pathways for improving outcomes for young children. Four leading organizations - Children’s Trust of South Carolina, the Institute for Child…
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…
Each year in the United States, thousands of preschool children are suspended or expelled from their early childhood care and education programs. In the last several years, as attention has grown on this issue, states and local communities have responded,…
By Amanda McDougald Scott, Research Associate When I spoke last month at WREN’s Upstate Summit, I asked the room of attendees who had ever been on a waitlist for a child care slot – nearly all attendees raised their hands.…
ICS President Jamie Moon was recently quoted at length in a Greenville News piece on the city's selection as a "child care desert" in a recent ranking from Care.com. The piece explored the interplay of parent employment, child care access, and…
By Laura Camp, Business Development Manager for LENA; Former South Carolina classroom teacher and school district early childhood program administrator As any experienced educator will tell you, there are moments in your career that redefine your focus. For me, a…
ICS Director of Policy Research Megan Carolan spoke with interior design website Apartment Therapy about intergenerational, extended family housing and the appeal of "granny pods" - small add-on units that allow aging family members to stay close to family. These units…
Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) are family-friendly facilities that investigate claims of child abuse and assist families and victims using evidence-based treatment throughout the investigatory, healing, and legal processes. CACs meet the needs of children and families facing one of the…