As talks begin in Washington, D.C. about a fourth round of economic relief related to the coronavirus, the national Home Visiting Coalition wants stakeholders to sign a letter by the…
This issue of the Policy Post explains what South Carolina lawmakers and the U.S. Congress are doing to combat the coronavirus as the outbreak continues to expand across the state…
The U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate passed identical bills to respond to the coronavirus outbreak. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act was signed into law by President Trump…
The Senate meets Tuesday, March 17 to consider legislation directing additional funds to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control to address coronavirus/COVID-19 response. After a funding bill is…
Last week Gov. Henry McMaster, surrounded by a bipartisan group of legislators, urged the General Assembly to pass legislation that would give state employees 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
The bill H.4800 would reauthorize the Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children through 2030. It was given a favorable report from the House Judiciary Committee and is now awaiting…
The Policy Post includes updates on the House Ways and Means Committee finishing its work on the fiscal year 2020-21 appropriations bill. It will now head to the House floor,…
The Policy Post provides updates this week on S.C. Legislature bills for background checks for group home employees, the Child Abuse Response Protocol Act, the reauthorization for the Committee on…
The first meeting of the new year by the Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children leads this week’s Policy Post. We also highlight a webinar that will address national…
Lawmakers are discussing reauthorization of the Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children through 2030. The bill was given a favorable report last week in a subcommittee. The Policy Post…