Jobs and Income

CBS Moneywatch: Must work for food stamps: A modest proposal or recipe for hunger?

“… Those who work to combat hunger in Maine say that while food-stamp enrollment has declined, the work requirement hasn’t done anything to reduce hunger in the […]

CBS Moneywatch

Posted May 17, 2018

Tags Employment, Food Insecurity

Jobs and Income

Letter to the editor: Maine bill to restrict food stamps both harmful to poor and expensive

“… The proposed bill limits waivers, creates a benefits cliff and applies work requirements to individuals over 50 and parents of school-aged children. These restrictions were modeled on Maine […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted May 15, 2018

Tags Employment, Food Insecurity

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

In some Maine counties, federal food assistance pays for one in six grocery sales

New analysis by MECEP demonstrates just how crucial the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is for hundreds of thousands of Mainers, for local economies and for […]

James Myall

Posted May 3, 2018

Tags Economic Security, Food Insecurity, SNAP

Jobs and Income

Letter to the Editor: A setback for Maine families

Does anyone really think Maine’s food pantries can do it all? Between 2011 and 2015, the number of Maine children living in extreme poverty rose eight times […]

Sun Journal

Posted April 25, 2018

Tags Children, Food Insecurity, Poverty

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Despite Poliquin's praise, Maine is no model for food insecurity

As Congress move toward sweeping changes to SNAP, the federal food assistance program, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin is touting Maine’s experiment in stricter eligibility as a model […]

James Myall

Posted April 19, 2018

Tags Economic Security, Food Insecurity, SNAP

Jobs and Income

SNAP turns 40: Providing sustenance for working poor families

Friday, September 29 marks the 40th anniversary of the 1977 Food Stamp Act, the landmark law that established the nation’s modern anti-hunger program—as it’s now known, the […]

Jody Harris

Posted September 29, 2017

Tags Food Insecurity, SNAP

Maine’s Economy

State of Working Maine 2017

Contents Introduction A lagging economy leaves rural Maine behind Employment rates mask a troubling trend away from work Eroding middle-class jobs and growing inequality worsen economic outlook […]

MECEP

Posted September 18, 2017

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Food Insecurity, Health Care, Incomes, Unemployment, Wages

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

LePage administration’s crusade against food stamps hurts the economy; does nothing to help the poor

A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) provides further confirmation of a depressing trend—hundreds of thousands of Mainers remain impoverished and food […]

James Myall

Posted May 4, 2016

Tags Children, Economy, Food Insecurity, SNAP

Education, Health Care, Maine’s Economy

Will Congress leave poor Maine kids hungrier and less ready to learn?

Just when you thought Congress has finally gotten something right, they disappoint once again. I am talking about the national school meal programs. Congress assumed correctly that […]

Jody Harris

Posted April 28, 2016

Tags Children, Education, Food Insecurity

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Thousands of Maine’s Poorest Residents Are Left to Go Hungry

In Maine, some of our poorest neighbors have lost a critical tool to help them get enough to eat each day. In 1996, Congress dictated that able-bodied […]

Jody Harris

Posted April 1, 2016

Tags Children, Food Insecurity, Poverty, SNAP

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CBS Moneywatch: Must work for food stamps: A modest proposal or recipe for hunger?

Letter to the editor: Maine bill to restrict food stamps both harmful to poor and expensive

In some Maine counties, federal food assistance pays for one in six grocery sales

Letter to the Editor: A setback for Maine families

Despite Poliquin's praise, Maine is no model for food insecurity

SNAP turns 40: Providing sustenance for working poor families

State of Working Maine 2017

LePage administration’s crusade against food stamps hurts the economy; does nothing to help the poor

Will Congress leave poor Maine kids hungrier and less ready to learn?

Thousands of Maine’s Poorest Residents Are Left to Go Hungry