Notes from a Fellow: This is the third post from Jostin Grimes, a summer fellow with ICS through the Southern Education Leadership Initiative. Throughout the summer, Jostin will share reflections on his experience at ICS, thoughts on the field, and updates…
The final sessions of the Third Annual Conference of the Early Childhood Social Impact Performance Advisors focused on provisions that could be made in federal law and in developing Pay for Success projects to enable better services for young children.…
The second day of the Third Annual Conference of the Early Childhood Social Impact Performance Advisors in Denver featured an array of experts on exploring feasibility, evaluation and other aspects of using Pay for Success to start or expand early…
Advocates for young children gathered from across the nation starting June 22 in Denver for the nation’s largest conference on using Pay for Success (PFS) to expand early childhood programs. The Third Annual Conference of the Early Childhood Social Impact…
The U.S. House of Representatives passed on June 21 a landmark bill to provide at least $100 million toward Pay for Success (PFS) programs—with half that amount designated for programs to help children. The House of representatives approved H.R. 5170,…
Notes from a Fellow: This is the second post from Jostin Grimes, a summer fellow with ICS through the Southern Education Leadership Initiative. Throughout the summer, Jostin will share reflections on his experience at ICS, thoughts on the field, and updates…
Notes from a Fellow: This is the inaugural post from Jostin Grimes, a summer fellow with ICS through the Southern Education Leadership Initiative. Throughout the summer, Jostin will share reflections on his experience at ICS, thoughts on the field, and updates on…
In This Newsletter, May 2016:: ICS releases paper on the economic impact of Pre-K in Los Angeles County ICS Early Childhood Research Symposium paper submissions due this week and early bird registration rate expires Race, Justice, and the Young Child…
Megan Carolan (Associate Director for Policy Research) and Bryan Boroughs (General Counsel and Director of Legislative Affairs) Results were released in mid-May from the Chicago Pay for Success (PFS) project which expands the city’s Child Parent Center (CPC) early education…
Keller Anne Ruble, Associate, Policy Research Growing up in poverty can have damaging effects on children—brain development is paramount during this time, and contextual factors like food insecurity and unstable or inadequate housing can serve as barriers to healthy development.…