by Megan Carolan, Director for Policy Research Last fall, ICS released a paper looking at Head Start specifically in the South, comparing the program both to national statistics as well as looking at differences by state in the region. Because…
If you were feeling down about national political divisions these days, you should have been at ICS’s #SmallTalks event in Greenville, S.C., the evening of Feb. 22. National early childhood experts and innovators joined ICS for a panel discussion on…
by Megan Carolan, Director for Policy Research Last month, ICS shared the news that we’ve received funds from the Nonprofit Finance Fund to continue working with partners in Spartanburg, South Carolina around improved outcomes for families and children through the…
Several of South Carolina’s leading children’s advocacy organizations released the 2017 Early Childhood Common Agenda on Feb. 2—urging state leaders to support working families and improve access to high-quality preschool and child care, to pass new tax credits for families,…
Keller Anne Ruble, Associate for Policy Research What would you do with an extra $1,000 at tax time? Buy that new 4K TV you’ve been eyeing? Take an awesome vacation and relax? For many working families, tax time doesn’t afford…
We’re excited to announce that ICS is again opening its competition for Pay for Success Technical Assistance focused on early childhood programs. ICS’s technical assistance will help states and local governments determine whether to pursue PFS financing to expand services…
It was a proud day for ICS when South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley announced the Nurse–Family Partnership Pay for Success Project back in February. ICS had been a key proponent of this project from its early days, conducting the feasibility…
ICS provides technical assistance and resources on utilizing Pay for Success financing for early childhood programs. Often, this work is focused on home-visiting services, high-quality preschool, or expanding evidence-based child welfare models. As ICS's Bryan Boroughs and AmericaForward's Nicole Truhe…
How can educators, health leaders and communities help more parents learn to work with their children to prepare them to be healthy, and for school and life? That was a key question on Day 2 of ICS’s fourth annual Early…
The significance of the moment for ICS and its partners was not lost on the roughly 230 people gathered in Charlotte this week for the 4th annual ICS Early Childhood Research Symposium. After touring the expanding early childhood services in…