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Pairing Child Care with Business Needs is No Child’s Play

October 21, 2021
Megan Carolan
News
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Child care is having a public reckoning right now, fueled by the shifting employment landscape as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, and a labor market that gives potential employees more options. Child care centers have reported challenges in finding…

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For Providers: Guidance on Using the Child Care Funding of the American Rescue Plan

COVID-19 blog series In early March 2021, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act which included, among many other things, $39B for child care, $15B in Child Care Development Block Grants and $24B in Child Care Stabilization Funds. In May, the Administration…

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Child Care Staffing a Major Challenge in South Carolina as Providers Do More with Less

January 20, 2021
Megan Carolan
Child Care, COVID-19, Economics, News, Research
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"Staff childcare workers want some type of Health Benefits to be issued and affordable for ALL childcare workers also like State health plan, Teachers Benefits. Childcare workers are needed just as much and often as other workers. People can't go to work without childcare needs. So, WE must open and be here daily no matter what pandemic is going on. WE ARE FRONT LINE WORKERS ALSO!!”

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COVID-19 Impacts Different Child Care Settings Differently and More Assistance is Needed

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…

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Ideas for Infusing Capital into Childcare Centers During COVID-19

July 14, 2020
John Young Shik Concklin
Child Care, COVID-19, Economics, News, Tax and Fiscal Policy
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As a result, without intervention, the existing shortage could potentially be made even worse by COVID-19 negatively impacting a generation of young children, their development, and their families’ economic status.

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Ideas for Increasing Capital to Childcare Centers during COVID-19 Outbreak

Join us to walk through ideas of how to increase the flow of capital into the childcare sector using tax policy and other financial mechanisms. Through a recent childcare center survey, ICS found that centers across South Carolina were experiencing…

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June 2020 eNews

July 6, 2020
ICS
Child Care, Economics, Health Care, Newsletter
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"It was always a weak industry, and it was very vulnerable," said Jamie Moon, president of the Institute for Child Success, a Greenville-based policy and research organization. "The pandemic has only served to highlight that vulnerability, and it's really a shame because it's such a critical part of having a robust economy."

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Webinar: The Impact of COVID-19 On SC’s Child Care Sector

ICS surveyed early care and education providers to understand the effect of the pandemic on the already-fragile early care and education market. The results of the survey show that, like for many other small businesses, the economic impact for child…

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Paycheck Protection Program Applications Close June 30. Have You Applied?

COVID-19 blog series As many states begin their individual “reopening” processes, the need has never been more clear for stable, quality child care. However, the economic impacts of COVID-19 have severely strained the child care sector in South Carolina and…

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May 2020 eNews

June 2, 2020
Lisa Maronie
Child Care, Economics, Events, Health Care, News, Newsletter
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Health inequity is one of many issues both highlighted and worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. More than two months into the worldwide crisis, the impacts have been disproportionately felt across society as people of color and those experiencing poverty are bearing the brunt of the burden.

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