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…
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…
By J.M. Gruendel, ICS Senior Fellow This week, the Puerto Rico Department of Health reported that more than 22,300 of its residents were infected with the Zika virus. Among those Zika-infected individuals, 1,871 were pregnant women. Contracting the Zika virus…
By Alan Richard Interest has grown in the presidential race and on Capitol Hill over possible expansions of Earned Income Tax Credits (EITCs). ICS recently convened an expert panel in Washington to discuss how leaders might weigh EITCs’ impact on…
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…
ICS Selects New Board Members The Board of Directors of the Institute for Child Success has elected four new members of its Board of Directors. The new directors are: Annette Ricchiazzi of Pasadena, Californi Gary Glickman of Washington, D.C. Chris…
The Board of Directors of the Institute for Child Success, a research and policy organization working to create a culture that facilitates and fosters the success of all children, has elected four new members of its Board of Directors. The…
By Megan Carolan, Associate Director for Policy Research Early childhood educators and child care providers face low wages that hurt the future of the early childhood field, according to a new report from the Center for the Study of Child…