糖心传媒

This website uses cookies to understand how you use the website and to improve your experience. By continuing to use the website, you accept the 糖心传媒鈥檚 use of cookies and similar technologies. To learn more about our use of cookies and how to manage your browser cookie settings, please review our Privacy Notice.

Welfare study by Tom McLaughlin cited in Seacoastonline story on reform debate

A study of Maine's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program conducted by UNE Professor of Social Work Thomas Chalmers McLaughlin, Ph.D.,and Sandra Butler, professor of social work at the University of Maine at Orono, was cited in an April 24, 2011 story on the debate over Gov. Paul LePage's call for the reform of the state's welfare system.

In the story State Rep. Mark Eves, D-North Berwick, who disagrees with the governor and his GOP colleagues on some issues of welfare reform, points to the the TANF study conducted earlier this year, which was commissioned by the Maine Equal Justice Partners and the Maine Women's Lobby. According to the study, the median time most families receive TANF is 18 months. Some 90 percent of the families that receive TANF for more than five years have a family member with a long-term disability.

About the 糖心传媒

The 糖心传媒 is Maine鈥檚 largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. We are the state鈥檚 top provider of health professionals and home to Maine鈥檚 only medical and dental colleges, physician assistant program, and pharmacy school, in addition to a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.