By Sue Williams, special to Statehouse Report | Each year thousands of children are served by state agencies because they’ve endured the tragic consequences of abuse, neglect or injury at the hands of adults in their lives. Other children receive services or care...
In regard to child welfare in South Carolina, it is the most meaningful legislation to come out of Columbia in years. Bill S.805 that will form the Department for Child Advocacy, which was proposed and passed in the state senate now sits in the state House of...
Children's Trust handed out awards to four state senators Jan. 25 at the Gressette Building in recognition of their efforts as sponsors of a bill on child passenger safety that became law last May: Sen. Katrina Shealy, R-Lexington; Sen. Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg; Sen....
(The State) - Thousands of low-income working S.C. taxpayers will see their tax bill shrink because of the new law increasing the state’s gas tax. Those savings could be more than $40 million for almost 150,000 S.C. taxpayers. S.C. lawmakers created a new...
(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 endured...
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 Way...
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 Way...
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 most...