(The Post and Courier) - For many years South Carolina’s General Assembly has searched for a solution to a key part of ours state’s vitality and economic stability — roads. The crumbling infrastructure issue worsened with each natural disaster South Carolina...
The S.C. Legislature passed an Earned Income Tax Credit for working families as part of the roads bill. The EITC is an important component of the Early Childhood Common Agenda, a policy initiative led by Children's Trust, Institute for Child Success and the United...
The Early Childhood Common Agenda is a set of recommendations for lawmakers in the 2017 legislative session to improve opportunity for working families and children. These straightforward practices took center stage at the State House, where Children's Trust, the...
Increasing the availability of high-quality child care is one of the keys to making South Carolina the best place in the nation to raise a child. As the new leader of our state, Gov. Henry McMaster can continue our progress on early childhood issues — which know no...
Several children’s advocacy groups from across the state united in Columbia Thursday to release a report on what the state can do to help families with young children. The 2017 Early Childhood Common Agenda was released by the Children’s Trust of S.C., the United...
A new 2017 Early Childhood Common Agenda by leading state children’s advocates urges state leaders to support working families and improve access to high-quality preschool and child care, to pass new tax credits for families and more. They say among the state’s...