Essential Justice: 2024 Legislative session in review
July 15, 2024
Outcomes of the bills we worked on this session in Augusta
- Robyn Merrill
- TANF
Speaking up for change at DHHS: updates on TANF reform
September 22, 2023
DHHS invited community members and stakeholders who are interested in discussing "trauma-informed and culturally and linguistically appropriate services" to a listening session with the department.
- Allina Diaz
- TANF
Summer newsletter: legislative updates
July 27, 2023
This has been a busy legislative session, with more bills introduced than ever before.
- Kathy Kilrain del Rio
- TANF
(Thank you for) organizing with MEJ!
July 27, 2023
A HUGE thank you to everyone who joined us to push for health and housing justice, for a boost to Maine’s Child Tax Credit and improvements to the TANF (Temporary Assistance for Need Families) program.
- Kate Brennan
- TANF
Maine Equal Justice's 2023 Legislative Priorities
January 24, 2023
These are Maine Equal Justice’s legislative priorities as of January 2023. As more bills are printed, we may add more priority bills to increase economic security, opportunity, and equity to this list at www.
- Robyn Merrill
- Legislative Updates
Change is possible! Celebrating the end of full-family sanctions in TANF
October 8, 2021
On October 8, 2021, a new law will go into effect that helps protect children’s TANF benefits. Under this new law, there are no more full-family sanctions. This is a big win for cutting child poverty in Maine!
- Oriana Farnham
- TANF
Maine Equal Justice testifies in Support of LD 78, to remove "full family sanctions" from TANF
April 1, 2021
Under Maine’s current law, entire families, including children, are terminated from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF)…
- Christine Hastedt
- Food Pantries
Maine Equal Justice focuses its work on many of the issues that affect people’s daily lives – access to adequate health care, housing, transportation and childcare; food and income security; and higher education and training. Maine Equal Justice is a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization. Our EIN is 04-3346273. 