by Rachel Perkins, ICS Policy Research Intern 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 been no exception.…
COVID-19 blog series By Megan Carolan, Director of Policy Research; Alexis Herschkowitsch, Innovation Associate; Rachel Perkins, Policy Research Intern With recent news from drug companies about early success in COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials, the world is buzzing with what this…
COVID-19 blog series This week, I was privileged to speak on a virtual session organized by the Greenville Homeless Alliance on Students and Families in Greenville County Schools as part of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness, alongside colleagues from Greenville County…
Survey Reveals Flu Vaccinations Are Critical During Pandemic The Institute for Child Success (ICS) conducted a survey of 69 pediatricians across the state in May 2020 on behalf of the South Carolina American Academy of Pediatrics. The inquiry was designed…
Join us for a cross-cultural, interactive event! Outdoor Learning for COVID-19 featuring a video tour of Barnkids in England Thursday, July 30 11:00 am EDT/4:00 pm British Summer Time Presented by Senior Fellow, Mary MacKenzie and Rachel Dearnley Outdoor Learning for…
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…
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…
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…