In the words of workers: Kim

Kim shared her story as part of MECEP’s State of Working Maine 2023 report. Click here to read the full report. Kim is an Ed Tech 3 […]

MECEP

Posted December 7, 2023

Tags Children, Economic Security, Education, Job Quality, Jobs, K-12 Education, Stories

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

In the words of workers: Kennedy

Kennedy shared her story as part of MECEP’s State of Working Maine 2023 report. Click here to read the full report. Kennedy is a 4th grade teacher […]

MECEP

Posted December 7, 2023

Tags Children, Economic Security, Education, Job Quality, Jobs, K-12 Education, Stories

Jobs and Income

In the words of workers: Jess

Jess shared her story as part of MECEP’s State of Working Maine 2023 report. Click here to read the full report. Jess is a special education professional […]

MECEP

Posted December 1, 2023

Tags Children, Education, Incomes, Job Quality, Stories

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

State of Working Maine 2023: Boosting Maine's Workforce

Download the PDF: Full Report Summary Stories The major challenge facing Maine’s economy is the state’s plateauing workforce. In 2003, approximately 3 percent of jobs in Maine […]

James Myall

Posted November 20, 2023

Tags Affordable Care Act, Budget, Caregiving, Child Care, Children, Economic Security, Economy, Education, Housing, Immigration, Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Paid Family and Medical Leave, Wages

Taxes and Budget

Rollout of pandemic food benefit cards to schoolchildren confuses many Mainers

But James Myall, a policy analyst for the left-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy, said while it’s true that in some cases people are getting the money […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted October 4, 2023

Tags Budget, Children

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

Rising poverty proves policies like improved child tax credit matter

Earlier this month, the U.S. census released data on poverty in 2022, and despite a growing economy, a great many families have been left behind. Nationally, one […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted September 26, 2023

Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Economic Security, Poverty, Taxes

Maine’s Economy, Taxes and Budget

It should be easy for Congress to prioritize the well-being of children and families

In Maine, about four out of five kids live in households benefiting from the expanded credit, according to the progressive Maine Center for Economic Policy. The vast majority of […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted September 22, 2023

Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Economic Security

Taxes and Budget

Amid rise in child poverty rates, Maine child tax credit expected to buoy 3,500 youth

Those percentages come from what’s called a “supplemental poverty measure,” which accounts for government benefits, post-tax income and costs of running a family such as commuting, child […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted September 19, 2023

Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Poverty, Taxes

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Our View: The child poverty rate doubled because we let it

“Research has shown that the child tax credit, every dollar we spend on it, generates an estimated $8 in benefits to society in the form of better […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted September 15, 2023

Tags Children, Poverty

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Wednesday Sit-Down: Child poverty

Garrett Martin from the Maine Center for Economic Policy sat down with CBS13 to discuss child poverty. Click here to watch the full video, first posted Wednesday, […]

Fox 23

Posted September 13, 2023

Tags Children, Poverty, Wednesday Sit Down

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In the words of workers: Kim

In the words of workers: Kennedy

In the words of workers: Jess

State of Working Maine 2023: Boosting Maine's Workforce

Rollout of pandemic food benefit cards to schoolchildren confuses many Mainers

Rising poverty proves policies like improved child tax credit matter

It should be easy for Congress to prioritize the well-being of children and families

Amid rise in child poverty rates, Maine child tax credit expected to buoy 3,500 youth

Our View: The child poverty rate doubled because we let it

Wednesday Sit-Down: Child poverty