Education

KIDS COUNT!

On Thursday (3/17), MECEP Partner The Maine Children’s Alliance released their much anticipated 2011 annual KIDS COUNT data report. “The long-term success of our state begins with […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted March 18, 2011

Tags Children, Education, EITC, Health Care, TANF

Maine’s Economy

Debunking the "Welfare Queen" Stereotype

In a recent article entitled “Big Changes Aimed at Welfare” in the (Augusta) Kennebec Journal, Sabattus Representative Stephen J. Wood relayed negative inferences he drew from observing a […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted January 27, 2011

Tags Food Insecurity, Poverty, TANF

Maine’s Economy

Maine and National Safety Net Programs Keep Families from Falling Further into Poverty

Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, September 28, 2010)—Based on 2009 poverty data released today by the Census Bureau, approximately 157,000 Maine people lived below the federal poverty level last […]

Posted September 28, 2010

Tags Economic Security, SNAP, TANF

Taxes and Budget

Enough Already!!! Join MECEP in Stamping Out the Distortions About Maine's Safety Net

Enough Already!!! Join MECEP in Stamping Out the Distortions About Maine’s Safety Net At the Maine Center for Economic Policy, we believe that rigorous and credible research […]

MECEP

Posted September 17, 2010

Tags Budget, Food Insecurity, Health Care, TANF

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Getting the Facts Straight

Rigorous and credible research and analysis should be the foundation for evaluating public policies. Unfortunately during this election season, it is increasingly difficult to discern fact from […]

Garrett Martin

Posted September 15, 2010

Tags Medicaid, TANF

Jobs and Income

Statement Urging Senate Passage of Legislation to Extend Unemployment and TANF Benefits and Enhanced Federal Medicaid Funding

MECEP strongly urges Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins to demand that before it adjourns for the July 4th break, the Senate pass comprehensive legislation to extend […]

MECEP

Posted June 30, 2010

Tags Employment, Federal, Health Care, Medicaid, TANF

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