First Steps Reauthorization a Victory for S.C. Children April 27, 2018 Contact: Bryan Boroughs, bboroughs@instituteforchildsuccess.org Columbia, S.C. -- On Wednesday afternoon, Governor McMaster formally signed the reauthorization of South Carolina First Steps, a victory for the children of the Palmetto State. The…
By Amanda McDougald Scott, Special Projects Associate How do the relationships in your life help you become more resilient? How could you help be that person for a child? Last week, ICS was thrilled to partner with the Palmetto Peace…
By Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research It is easy, sometimes, for cities to dominate the conversation on education policy in America, especially in the world of early childhood. In recent years, we have seen major preschool initiatives as central…
Thanks for Joining Us! - Nurturing Developing Minds Conference & Small Talks Events ICS was pleased to partner with the Children's Hospital and The Bradshaw Institute of the Greenville Health System on the 2018 Nurturing Developing Minds Conference and Research Symposium.…
By Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research In the less than ten years since it arrived on the American social policy scene, Pay for Success financing has helped finance 24 U.S. projects, including 7 focused on early childhood programs (as…
By Bryan Boroughs, Vice President, Institute for Child Success Over the last several days, Congress completed some important work for America’s young children. That news was overshadowed in major news outlets by the controversies around the spending bill, DACA, and…
As many of our readers will know, funding for the federal government’s operations expires at midnight tonight, and Congress is working to enact a spending measure before that date. Yesterday, the U.S. House passed a bill that it sent to…
As part of Prematurity Awareness Month, the March of Dimes released their annual Premature Birth Report Card which revealed that the preterm birth rate increased nationally for the second year in a row – 9.8 percent of births in 2016…
2019 update: ICS has released two pieces of research on preschool suspension and expulsion - one focusing on the major trends on this issue nationwide and another looking specifically at rates in South Carolina. Learn more on our blog about…