Tag: Maine Children’s Caucus

Maine Children’s Caucus Welcomes Representative Ruth Kagi

March 20, 2019

March 12, 2019 – The latest meeting of this year’s Maine’s Children’s Caucus brought a visit coordinated by the National Conference of State Legislatures with Ruth Kagi, House Chair of the Committee on Early Learning and Human Services in the legislature in Washington state. The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) helped to coordinate this important … More Maine Children’s Caucus Welcomes Representative Ruth Kagi

How Early Childhood Consultation Programs (ECCP) Could Reduce Challenging Behaviors.

March 31, 2017

If children are going to succeed in school, at work and in life, they need to master the critical cognitive, social and emotional skills necessary to thrive. Too often we only focus on cognitive development, but this week Dr. Walter Gilliam from Yale’s Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy returned to Maine … More How Early Childhood Consultation Programs (ECCP) Could Reduce Challenging Behaviors.

Standing room only at the first meeting of the Maine Children’s Caucus.

January 27, 2017

The Maine Children’s Caucus hit the ground running at their inaugural meeting this month, with a presentation from Federal Reserve economist Rob Grunewald to a captivated audience of state lawmakers. This bipartisan group of State Legislators founded by Sen. Rebecca Millett (D – Cape Elizabeth) and Rep. Matt Pouliot (R – Augusta) seeks to build … More Standing room only at the first meeting of the Maine Children’s Caucus.