Publication Archive
July 3, 2018 With access to reliable, nutritious food, our children are ready to play, learn and grow. MCA works with Full Plates Full Potential to reduce food insecurity and end child hunger. It takes all of us to create healthy, hunger-free kids!
October 15, 2019 The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) is an independent, nonpartisan policy and research center founded in 2005 with a mission to support access to high-quality, comprehensive and affordable health coverage for all of America’s children and families.
February 15, 2023 Governor Janet Mills has announced new initiatives in an effort to keep kids safe from abuse, neglect, drug overdoses and death.
October 20, 2021 These profiles include a summary of each county’s strengths and challenges, demographic data, and select indicators of child health and well-being. They offer insight into how policies and practices in Maine are working and where there are opportunities for improvement.
November 30, 2022 These profiles include a summary of each county’s strengths and challenges, demographic data, and select indicators of child health and well-being. They offer insight into how policies and practices in Maine are working and where there are opportunities for improvement.
February 2, 2024 These profiles include a summary of each county’s strengths and challenges, demographic data, and select indicators of child health and well-being. They offer insight into how policies and practices in Maine are working and where there are opportunities for improvement.
June 14, 2021 Mainers have a long tradition of working together to solve tough problems. Right now, we face a significant, but solvable challenge of an inadequate early care and education (ECE) system. In fact, the problem is that it isn’t a “system” at all but a patchwork of programs of variable quality, affordability, and availability throughout the state. In the following sections, we briefly describe the current challenges facing both families and providers, strategies to help repair our patchwork of programs throughout the state to create a true early childhood system, and what kinds of investments are required to build and sustain that system.
July 2, 2009 Children develop key early literacy skills during the first five years of life. These skills prepare them to learn and succeed when they enter kindergarten.
October 15, 2019 Invest in Tomorrow is an initiative undertaken by Maine organizations, businesses, and individuals to cut Maine's child poverty rate in half over the next ten years as a step toward eradicating child poverty in a generation.
January 26, 2015 Investing in early childhood education is a fiscally responsible way to reduce deficits and create surpluses, now and in the future.
September 22, 2017 This report from the Maine Women's Policy Center highlights the experiences of Maine parents who are trying to access early childhood programs or find quality, affordable child care while they work or go to school. It outlines a number of strategies, that when implemented together, have the potential to transform Maine’s early childhood system and lead us into a more prosperous future.
September 22, 2017 Research demonstrates that young children thrive when they have strong relationships with caring, responsive adults and when they are provided age-appropriate, stimulating environments. We also know that 67% of Maine children under the age of six have both parents in the workforce and will require care from birth until they reach public school.