COVID-19 blog series In February 2021, ICS was pleased to co-host a webinar on housing challenges with Root & Rebound, a Greenville-based organization whose mission is “to restore power and resources to the families and communities most harmed by mass incarceration.” (Slides and the recording are available here.)…
COVID-19 blog series More than a year into the COVID-19 health crisis, millions of American families, especially those with young children, are still struggling to access nutritious and adequate food their families need. Throughout much of 2020, food insecurity rates…
Officer: Stop acting like a child.Young Girl: I am a child! In a recent blogpost we detailed some of the structural failures that contributed to the pepper spraying and arrest of a nine-year-old girl in Rochester, New York. Prior to…
by Taylor Stathes, MS, CTRS, CCLS - Manager, Child Life and Special Programs, Prisma Health Children’s Hospital–Upstate My “Introduction to Child Life” professor started class by asking, “What will your elevator speech be?” I pondered this question, not knowing I would…
by guest contributor Rosie Kickish, DMD, Inspiration Dental in Riverview, FL Everyday life looks different lately. We shop for groceries online and curbside, refrain from visiting loved ones for birthdays and holidays, and we wonder how safe it is to…
by Rachel Perkins, ICS Policy Research Intern COVID-19 blog series The COVID-19 pandemic has upended all aspects of everyday life – with increases in working from home, financial strain, and general anxieties about exposure – the child care sector has…
COVID-19 blog series By Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research; Alexis Herschkowitsch, Innovation Associate; Rachel Perkins, Policy Research Intern With recent news from drug companies about early success in COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials, the world is buzzing with what this…
COVID-19 blog series This week, I was privileged to speak on a virtual session organized by the Greenville Homeless Alliance on Students and Families in Greenville County Schools as part of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness, alongside colleagues from Greenville County…