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State policies that promote health, education, and strong families can help the early development and school readiness of America's youngest citizens. This profile highlights South Carolina's policy choices alongside other contextual data related to the well-being of young children.
State Highlights1
South Carolina is investing in improvements for quality infant and toddler care. Using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds, the state will integrate the new Infant Toddler Learning Guidelines into the higher education curriculum, leading to an infant toddler credential. Additional funds will be used to support and expand a network of infant-toddlers specialists. South Carolina decreased pre-kindergarten funding by 16 percent ($5.2 million), for a total of $15.8 available for these programs. However, the state pre-kindergarten program is expected to serve 200 additional children, for a total of 18,000 children.
- Young children (under age 6)2: 350,607
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Data Notes and Sources
Last Updated: December 4, 2009
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- State Highlights are drawn from states' government and organization websites and reports. For more information, contact ITO@nccp.org.
- State data were calculated from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (the March supplement) of the Current Population Survey from 2007, 2008, and 2009, representing information from calendar years 2006, 2007, and 2008. NCCP averaged three years of data because of small sample sizes in less populated states. The national data were calculated from the 2009 data, representing information from the previous calendar year.
- National and state data were calculated from the 2008 American Community Survey.