by Paul Dworkin, MD, Founding Director, Help Me Grow National Center; Executive Vice President for Community Child Health, Connecticut Children's Medical Center; and Institute for Child Success board member; and Desmond Kelly, MD, Chief Medical Research Officer for Prisma Health;…
As an organization, ICS focuses on the systems that support young children and their families to help them thrive, spanning health care, child welfare, and early care and education. In order to deliver on the promise of these investments, we…
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…
3-part blog series Children & COVID – Part 1: Making Sense of Rates and Vaccination The summer 2021 surge in COVID-19 cases, despite widespread vaccination in the U.S., is particularly concerning for those focused on child health. Several factors have…
Children & COVID – Part 1: Making sense of rates and vaccination and Part 3: Masks in Schools COVID-19 blog series Children At Risk Due to Lagging Vaccinations Experts urge that widespread adult vaccination is key to protecting children while so many…
Children & COVID – Part 2: Vaccine Update and Part 3: Masks in Schools COVID-19 blog series Increasing Rates of COVID-19 in Children The summer 2021 surge in COVID-19 cases, despite widespread vaccination in the U.S., is particularly concerning for…
by Mackenzie Soniak, PsyDDirector, Partners for Early Attuned Relationships (PEAR) Network, South Carolina Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health COVID-19 blog series “I’m just pouring from an empty cup.” This widespread feeling continues to be shared among adults as they…
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…