Children in Maine face serious challenges – 50,000 live in poverty,  15,900 have no health insurance, 3,118 were confirmed victims of child abuse and neglect in 2011, and many do not have access to early care and education, quality child care, or after-school programs.

Every Child Matters in ME is working with other child advocacy organizations, child serving sites, health providers, senior groups, colleges, parents, grandparents and others, to help ensure that every child has what he or she needs to grow up healthy, safe and well educated.

Below are some of the ways that Every Child Matters in ME works to ensure that children are a state and national priority. We can’t do it alone. We need you. Our kids need you. Together we can make sure that in Maine, every child matters.

From community conversations to community parades, Every Child Matters in ME covers the state, raising awareness of the issues facing children and youth. From the State House to the White House, we work to ensure that children are a priority.

Please help us ensure that every child has what they need to start school ready to learn, feels safe and nurtured in their home, never goes to bed hungry, and has access to health care. Click on the tab to the right to become a ME Volunteer.

Every day, people in communities across Maine are now seeing that sequestration is real – and the stakes are especially high for struggling families.  Head Start Centers are being forced to close early, families are being forced to wait even longer for affordable housing, Women, Infants, and Children are being denied the food and formula needed to help them grow healthy and strong. These are only a few examples of the $85 billion in cuts set to take place in 2013. And these cuts are in place for the next 10 years.

Take action, share your story, and get your elected officials to listen. These reckless across-the-board cuts are just beginning to hit and will continue to impact communities everywhere. This toolkit provides several resources to help you take action with the media, other parents and advocates, and your elected officials – let’s make sure these devastating cuts don’t become a permanent reality in our communities.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Help us end sequestration’s impact on our nation’s most vulnerable:

• Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper
• Write a letter to your Member of Congress
• Tell your story through our story bank
• Deliver a petition to your Senators’ and Representative’s local office
• Speak out at meetings and community events

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We can help you with your advocacy.

Contact us at:
MaryLou Beaver
New England Campaign Director
47 Hall Street, Suite 3
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-856-7517
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