Advocates urge state to shore up Maine’s child care system

Arthur Phillips, an analyst for the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said about 18,000 Maine people are not in the workforce because they can’t afford child care. Making child care affordable would help ease the workforce shortage, bring in more tax revenue to Maine and boost the economy, he said.

Click here to read the full story, first published May 12, 2025 in Portland Press Herald.