Food Insecurity Remains an Issue for Families with Children
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…
Child Care Staffing a Major Challenge in South Carolina as Providers Do More with Less
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…
Will a COVID-19 Vaccine Bring Family Life “Back to Normal?”
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…
Housing & Hunger Awareness – South Carolina Faces COVID-19 Challenges
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…
Report on COVID-19’s Impact on Pediatric Health Care in South Carolina
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…
Back to School During COVID-19 Pandemic: Preparation Steps to Keep in Touch with Students
Webinar: Outdoor Learning During COVID-19
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…
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…