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New Paper: From Health Care to Education, the Early Childhood Workforce Is in Crisis

January 10, 2022
Megan Carolan
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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…

Children & COVID

August 31, 2021
ICS
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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…

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!!”

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…

Report on COVID-19’s Impact on Pediatric Health Care in South Carolina

September 24, 2020
Lisa Maronie
News, Press Release
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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

Yet, anticipating that many schools will choose virtual schooling at some point this coming academic year, an issue arose from last school year unique to that practice: specifically, students and teachers losing contact with one another.

Webinar: Preschool Suspension and Expulsion: Overview and Policy Recommendations

Attend Preschool Suspension and Expulsion: Overview and Policy Recommendations Webinar As children across the country are now out of school for an extended period of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many have raised concerns about the impact of time…

April 2020 eNews

April 29, 2020
Lisa Maronie
Child Care, Economics, Education, Events, Health Care, Maternity, Mental Health, Newsletter
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Over the last week, ICS collected responses to a survey of child care providers in South Carolina to better understand how the spread of COVID-19 – and the resulting economic impacts – are affecting the child care sector. The child care sector is essential to the health and well-being of millions of South Carolina families and to our economy as a whole.