Education Funding Falters in Maine, Has Serious Repercussions

Maine cuts to school funding since the start of the recession are among the largest in the nation, and the deepest in New England, according to a […]

Maine K-12 Education Funding Remains Well Below Pre-Recession Levels

Testimony: Pay If Forward Raises Concerns for Low-income and Working Adult Students

MECEP is particularly concerned with the impact of college affordability proposals on low-income and working adult students. Pay It Forward raises a number of concerns. MECEP commends the […]

Emery Community Arts Center: A Case Study

The case study examines the successes and challenges that university organizers faced in planning and constructing a community arts center in Farmington and assesses whether an arts center […]

Higher Education Pays Dividends to Taxpayers, Too

Mainers with college degrees earn more over their lifetime than Mainers without them, but all Maine taxpayers share in the benefits as well, according to new estimates […]

Small Businesses and the Self-employed Will Lose if Maine Does Not Accept Federal Health Care Funds

Maine has a higher-than-average number of small businesses and one in seven Mainers is self-employed. More than half of Mainers are self-employed as farmers, loggers, fishermen, and […]

Testimony at Hearing on LD 1842: An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program

While I oppose the elimination of the TANF good cause provision, I am especially concerned by the proposed elimination of the Parents as Scholars (PAS) program.  PAS […]

Testimony at Hearing on LD 1819: Resolve, To Create the Task Force To End Student Hunger in Maine

MECEP has working on issues related to student hunger going back to 2010 when we researched and published “Child Hunger Doesn’t End with the School Year.” In […]

Community Eligibility Program can help hungry kids

This week we celebrate National School Breakfast Week.  The breakfast program began as a pilot program in 1966. Now, in the wake of the Great Recession, 11.6 […]