Institute For Child Success Inc

Programs: Headquartered in greenville, south carolina, the institute for child success (ics) is an independent,nonpartisan, nonprofit research and policy organizationdedicated to the success of all young children. In february 2016, south carolina announced the nation's firstpay for success (pfs) project aimed at improving health outcomes formothers and children living in poverty and the first pfs project of any type inthe south. Pfs financing will support the nurse-family partnership homevisitation program which will bring their evidence-based program to anadditional 3,200 first-time mothers and their babies enrolled across southcarolina over the next four years, a significant increase over the 1,200 familiescurrently benefiting from the high-impact intervention. Ics, with supportfrom the duke endowment, the doris duke charitable foundation and scdepartment of health and human services, was pleased to catalyze thedevelopment of this project. In 2016, ics hosted our 4th early childhood research symposium in charlotte, nc, bringing together leaders and researchers in early childhood education, health, and systems, and we published a series of issue briefs: when brain science meets publicpolicy - rethinking young child"neglect" from a science-informed,two-generation perspective:the most recent installment in a series explains theimpact of chronic neglect on the brain, and offersstrategies forchild welfare agencies to effectivelyrespond to children and families in need. Hispanic child populationgrowth and its implications:a new report from ics, in conjunction with pasosand the consortium for latino immigration studies,is acompilation of the most recent data of the his-panic child population growth, and its implications. Head start in the south:head start performance standards will usher in anew era for head start's growth. This report providesa broad lookat the characteristics of children servedby head start programs in the south. Early childhood screening and intervention:an issue brief that demonstrates early childhoodscreening is becoming more recognized in its abilityto detectconcerns, refer children for additionalassessment, and initiate early intervention services. Ics also continued working the earned income tax credit (eitc) has thepower to improve educational outcomes for children whose families receiveit, according to a new analysis ics released. Building on research released in 2015, ics worked to share that information with stakeholders and policy makers in south carolina and across the country, in partnership with broad coalitions of advocates including the early childhood common agenda partners. In 2016, ics worked with a number of communities to help them build stronger early childhood systems. As part of that work, we:completed four new pay for success feasibility studies in partnership with spartanburg, sc; the state of washington; the state of connecticut, and sonoma county, calaunched four new pay for success projects in tempe, az; evansville, in; the state of tennessee; and orange county, ca, using outcomes-based financing to improve outcomes for children. Began working to launch a pay for success transaction in spartanburg, sc, following the successful completion of the feasibility analysis. Advised the northside community spartanburg, sc and the chicora-cherokee neighborhood in charleston, sc, on the development of high-quality early learning centers as part of comprehensive community development. Launched a statewide initiative in north carolina with best-nc and the nc early childhood foundation to improve early literacy in north carolina