Handing out $100 bills to strangers during the holiday season evokes an unforgettable feeing, Amy Calder writes.
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Posted inMaine, News
One-third of Maine workers are struggling to make ends meet, report says
And that doesn’t include the 12% of Maine people living below the poverty line.
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Posted inNation / World
Extra cash for low-income mothers may influence baby brains
The findings build on evidence that cash support can improve outcomes for older children, said study co-author Katherine Magnuson.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine lawmakers study direct cash payments as anti-poverty tool
Bipartisan support exists for a 2019 basic income proposal that would supplement the safety net for Mainers in need.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
Overseers of the poor: Ending the ‘town farm’ experiment
The Great Depression changed the face of poverty. The Social Security Act changed the quality of life for many poor. Twentieth-century improvements to institutional welfare programs put an end to the almshouse for good.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Overseers of the poor: Life on the farm
Municipal archives provide a wealth of information about poverty in Maine in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills
Overseers of the poor: Oxford letters portray the plight of town paupers
For centuries Maine communities relied on Elizabethan-era laws to determine support for poor residents and nonresidents.
Posted inMaine
Strategy shifts as advocates work to give shelter to Maine’s homeless
A virtual forum this week discussed how the focus now is on finding housing for people before addressing their medical, mental health and other needs.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News
New child tax credits offer lifeline for some Maine families
The monthly payments will go to some 230,000 Maine families, part of an expanded child tax credit approved by Congress under the American Rescue Plan Act.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Politics
Lawmakers consider bill to eliminate cash bail for minor charges
The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, would allow those charged with Class E misdemeanors like drinking in public to be released from jail without posting cash bail.