MECEP report shows the Child Tax Credit made a tangible difference for Maine families

The improved and expanded monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC) has been one of the most successful and popular American Rescue Plan Act programs, providing flexibility to parents […]

MECEP

Posted May 13, 2022

Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Economic Security, Economy, Incomes, Poverty

Taxes and Budget

REPORT: How the Child Tax Credit was spent in Maine

The improved and expanded monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC) has been one of the most successful and popular American Rescue Plan Act programs, providing flexibility to parents […]

MECEP

Posted May 13, 2022

Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Economic Security, Economy, Federal, Poverty, Taxes

Health Care, Maine’s Economy

Overturning Roe undermines Americans’ economic security

The US Supreme Court’s apparent intention to overturn Roe v Wade strikes a calamitous blow against decades of legal precedent, dangerously impacting health, privacy, and self-determination for […]

MECEP

Posted May 4, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Health Care, Inequality, Poverty

Taxes and Budget

Families of 229,000 Maine children eligible to receive first monthly payment as part of enhanced Child Tax Credit

Biden administration launches new web portal to sign up, manage automatic payments AUGUSTA, MAINE — President Joe Biden has declared today “Child Tax Credit Awareness Day” to raise […]

Posted June 21, 2021

Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Federal, Poverty, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Health Care

Dental care is health care. MaineCare should cover it.

Our mouths are part of our bodies, so dental care is heath care. But a limited view of what counts as health care is leaving Mainers with […]

James Myall

Posted April 26, 2021

Tags Economic Security, Health Care, Inequality, Medicaid, Medicare, Poverty

Maine’s Economy

New Census data highlights cracks in the economy – even before COVID

New data released Thursday by the US Census Bureau show that many Mainers were already experiencing hardship before the COVID-19 pandemic and revealed the tenuous nature of the economic gains the state enjoyed in […]

James Myall

Posted September 18, 2020

Tags Coronavirus, Economic Security, Economy, Food Insecurity, Health Care, Poverty, Unemployment

Jobs and Income

Fewer Maine kids live in poverty. Thank the minimum wage increase.

U.S. Department of Labor statistics show that wages grew across the board for Maine workers in 2017. Analysis by the left-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) found that income growth […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted January 3, 2020

Tags Minimum Wage, Poverty, Wages

Taxes and Budget

Maine has a tool to reduce poverty and encourage work. Expanding it makes sense.

If fully funded, an estimated 177,000 households across the state would benefit, including roughly 14,000 family caregivers and 2,000 students, according to analysis by the left-leaning Maine Center for […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted May 29, 2019

Tags EITC, Poverty, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Taxes and Budget

Want to reduce poverty? Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit.

In Maine, more than 103,000 families received the federal EITC in 2017 with an average refund of $2,158. Another 20,000, by IRS estimates, are eligible for the credit but […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted April 19, 2019

Tags EITC, Poverty, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Editorial: Fewer Maine children are living in poverty. Thank the minimum wage increase.

The Bangor Daily News editorial board published an editorial citing MECEP’s research linking the 2017 minimum wage increase to a dramatic reduction in child poverty: Income for […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted October 3, 2018

Tags Children, Minimum Wage, Poverty

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MECEP report shows the Child Tax Credit made a tangible difference for Maine families

REPORT: How the Child Tax Credit was spent in Maine

Overturning Roe undermines Americans’ economic security

Families of 229,000 Maine children eligible to receive first monthly payment as part of enhanced Child Tax Credit

Dental care is health care. MaineCare should cover it.

New Census data highlights cracks in the economy – even before COVID

Fewer Maine kids live in poverty. Thank the minimum wage increase.

Maine has a tool to reduce poverty and encourage work. Expanding it makes sense.

Want to reduce poverty? Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit.

Editorial: Fewer Maine children are living in poverty. Thank the minimum wage increase.