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

Maine’s Economy

National KIDS COUNT Index Tells a Positive, Yet Cautionary Tale

In light of recent press around Maine’s Hunger Initiative, pioneered by Preble Street, it is timely to take a look at child well-being indicators as researched by […]

Alexandra Alvarez

Posted August 1, 2012

Tags Children, Education, Health Care

Maine’s Economy

Out of the mouths of babes...

Scott Moody, executive director of the Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC), had this to say yesterday in response to a Portland press event on child hunger: When you’re […]

Jody Harris

Posted July 26, 2012

Tags Children, Food Insecurity

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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

National KIDS COUNT Index Tells a Positive, Yet Cautionary Tale

Out of the mouths of babes...