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

Maine’s Economy

Is DHHS SNAP mismanagement putting Maine families at risk of hunger?

In a blistering editorial published in today’s Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, and Central Maine Morning Sentinel, MaineToday Media condemned the Maine Department of Health and Human […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted December 15, 2015

Tags Food Insecurity, SNAP

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

USDA reports progress on child hunger, but still a long way to go to eradicate food insecurity for all Mainers and all Americans

Congress is currently deliberating over reauthorization of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which is crucial to protect school kids in Maine where the child food insecurity rate […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted October 28, 2015

Tags Children, Food Insecurity, Poverty

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Mainers’ food security depends upon a stronger, improved SNAP

Over the course of one year, nearly 1 in 5 Mainers will rely on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to put food on the table. […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted August 10, 2015

Tags Children, Food Insecurity, SNAP

Maine’s Economy

Testimony before the National Commission on Hunger

“Maine is the most food insecure state in New England. Five percent of seniors and nearly one in four children are food insecure in Maine. In 2013, […]

Christy Daggett

Posted July 30, 2015

Tags Food Insecurity

Maine’s Economy

Testimony in Favor of LD 933 – An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force To End Student Hunger in Maine

The Maine Center for Economic Policy particularly supports the community eligibility working group. This community eligibility program allows high-poverty schools to offer nutritious breakfasts and lunches to […]

Jody Harris

Posted May 5, 2015

Tags Food Insecurity

Maine’s Economy

Testimony in Support of LD 380, Resolve, To Establish a Working Group to Aid with the End of Student Hunger

“School is hard enough without having to suffer the maladies that hunger causes. The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted March 19, 2015

Tags Children, Food Insecurity

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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

Is DHHS SNAP mismanagement putting Maine families at risk of hunger?

USDA reports progress on child hunger, but still a long way to go to eradicate food insecurity for all Mainers and all Americans

Mainers’ food security depends upon a stronger, improved SNAP

Testimony before the National Commission on Hunger

Testimony in Favor of LD 933 – An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force To End Student Hunger in Maine

Testimony in Support of LD 380, Resolve, To Establish a Working Group to Aid with the End of Student Hunger