Taxes and Budget A New Plan to Raise Taxes on 35,000 Working Maine Families With 65,000 Children On Wednesday, the US Senate is expected to vote on two opposing tax proposals that would result in very different outcomes for low-income working Mainers. One, by […] Joel Johnson Posted July 24, 2012 Tags Children, Federal, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget US House Continues To Fail Americans in Need On May 10th, the US House of Representatives passed the inappropriately named Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act, which would replace defense spending cuts mandated by last summer’s debt […] Joel Johnson Posted May 30, 2012 Tags Budget, Children, Federal, Food Insecurity, SNAP
Maine’s Economy Only One in Ten Eligible Maine Children Benefit from Federal Summer Hunger Program Maine Hunger Initiative working to “provide deserving Maine children nutritious meals during the summer to keep them healthy and ready to learn” Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, November 22, […] Posted November 22, 2011 Tags Children, Federal, Food Insecurity
Maine’s Economy Choices: Child Hunger Doesn't End with the School Year MECEP examines Maine’s effectiveness in feeding hungry children utilizing funds from the federal Summer Food Service Program and finds that only one in ten eligible children participate in […] Jody Harris Posted November 11, 2011 Tags Children, Food Insecurity
Maine’s Economy Opinion Round-up for Friday, May 20, 2011 These are editorials and op ed columns from Maine newspapers on subjects of interest to those who follow MECEP’s blog. Links to these and other news and […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 20, 2011 Tags Children, Health Care
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
Health Care Senators Snowe & Collins stand up for children's healthcare Important first step toward comprehensive reform AUGUSTA, ME – Last night, U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins stood up for Maine’s children by voting to […] Posted January 30, 2009 Tags Children, Health Care, Susan Collins