Education, Health Care, Jobs and Income

State Policies Are Failing Maine's Working Moms

In 2012, women headed one of every three low-income working families in Maine, according to a new report released today by the Working Poor Families Project. These […]

Jody Harris

Posted February 12, 2014

Tags Affordable Care Act, Children, Education, EITC, Employment, Health Care, Incomes, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Poverty, TANF

Education

Testimony at Hearings on LD 1581: An Act to Increase Access to Quality Child Care and LD 1682: An Act to Preserve Head Start and Child Care Services

Access to high quality early education and care is an economic imperative. Arthur MacEwan, an economist at the University of Massachusetts, summarizes the economic case in a […]

MECEP

Posted January 30, 2014

Tags Children, Education

Maine’s Economy

Nearly 250,000 Mainers, Including More than 100,000 Kids, Face Food Assistance Cuts Beginning Today

A family of three will lose 16 meals per month under SNAP reductions; an additional $40 billion in federal cuts is also pending Augusta, Maine (Friday, November […]

Posted November 1, 2013

Tags Children, Food Insecurity, SNAP

Education, Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

When small is mighty BIG!

Robert Reich is short, four feet, eleven inches to be precise. I mention his height because the former labor secretary and current professor at the University of […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted October 18, 2013

Tags Budget, Children, Education, Health Care, Jobs, Medicaid, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

More Mainers are Hungry

More Mainers are going hungry today than 10 years ago. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), from 2011 to 2012, 15% of Mainers struggled to […]

Jody Harris

Posted September 5, 2013

Tags Children, Poverty

Maine’s Economy

Summer Isn't a Vacation from Hunger

With July 4th almost here and school out of session, the summer has undeniably begun. However, the summer can be one of the most difficult times for […]

Thomas Gawarkiewicz

Posted July 3, 2013

Tags Children, Food Insecurity

Education

Testimony at Hearing on LD 517: An Act To Restore Funding for Head Start and LD 1383: An Act To Improve the Delivery of Early Child Care and Education Services

Investing in Head Start, child care, and home visiting is good for our children, their parents, our communities, and our economy. Academic research shows that quality child […]

MECEP

Posted April 23, 2013

Tags Children, Education

Education

Higher Education Equals Better-Paying Jobs

We all know it. The surest path out of poverty is a good job with benefits. But to get one of these good-paying jobs, Mainers need more […]

Jody Harris

Posted March 25, 2013

Tags Budget, Children, Education, Incomes, Jobs

Maine’s Economy

New Census Data Provides a Bleak Portrait of Poverty in Maine: Nearly 1 in 4 Maine kids under age 5 live in poverty

Augusta, Maine (Thursday, September 20, 2012) Nearly 1 in 4 Maine children under age 5 (24.3%) lives in poverty according to new data from the U.S. Census […]

Posted September 20, 2012

Tags Children, Poverty

Maine’s Economy

Maine Has Too Many Children in Poverty and it Would Be Worse Without Government Intervention

It’s an exciting time of year when the US Census Bureau releases lots of great new demographic and economic data about Americans. Last week, we learned from […]

Joel Johnson

Posted September 19, 2012

Tags Children, Poverty

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State Policies Are Failing Maine's Working Moms

Testimony at Hearings on LD 1581: An Act to Increase Access to Quality Child Care and LD 1682: An Act to Preserve Head Start and Child Care Services

Nearly 250,000 Mainers, Including More than 100,000 Kids, Face Food Assistance Cuts Beginning Today

When small is mighty BIG!

More Mainers are Hungry

Summer Isn't a Vacation from Hunger

Testimony at Hearing on LD 517: An Act To Restore Funding for Head Start and LD 1383: An Act To Improve the Delivery of Early Child Care and Education Services

Higher Education Equals Better-Paying Jobs

New Census Data Provides a Bleak Portrait of Poverty in Maine: Nearly 1 in 4 Maine kids under age 5 live in poverty

Maine Has Too Many Children in Poverty and it Would Be Worse Without Government Intervention