Poverty in Maine 2006

Prepared for: Maine Community Action Association, September 2006 

Ann W. Acheson, Ph.D. 
Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center
University of Maine 
Orono, Maine 

Editorial assistance from Barbara Harrity;  mapping by William Parker, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center; graphic design and layout by Goodnight Graphics

This report was funded with support from the Maine Community Action Association, the State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services,
and the Community Services Block Grant program

This Poverty in Maine 2006 report presents a statewide and county-by-county picture of poverty in Maine in 2006. In 2005-2006, the Maine Community Action Association contracted with the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine to update and expand our earlier report, Poverty in Maine: 2003, which also was produced with funding from the Maine Community Action Association.  The intent is to build upon the Maine State Planning Office’s “Annual Report Card on Poverty in Maine ,” which looks at indicators statewide, in order to provide a more detailed examination of poverty at the county and local levels. The report includes a statewide and county-by-county view of selected indicators and of trends since the 2003 report, as well as individual “poverty profiles” and trends for each county.  The indicators are a subset of standard ones used in the United States in evaluating the extent of poverty, assessing needs, and measuring services and benefits aimed at low-income populations.

Guests: Dr. Ann Acheson, UMO;  Dr. Wendy Wolf, MEHAF; Tim King, WHCA

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