MEDIA COVERAGE & OpEd's

9/23/08 (link)

"Investing in kids will pay off for Maine"
-Glenn Ross, Penobscot County sheriff and Steve Faloon, public health educator for the city of Bangor’s Health and Community Services Department.

9/04/08 (link)

"Building better parents reduces child abuse, neglect"
-Bruce Boucher, Rockland chief of police and Caryn Drapkin, program manager of Parent Education & Family Services of Knox County.

8/25/07 (doc)

Greater Bangor Law Enforcement Call For Pre-K Expansion to Reduce Dropouts, Prevent Violence

4/20/08 (link)

"There are creative ways to care for our community, without putting children at risk"
-Norman Gagnon, Auburn resident.

6/26/08 (link)

"A study by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy found that the Nurse Family Partnership program would save the people of Maine five dollars for each dollar invested."
-Bill Clark, Hancock County sheriff; and a member of Fight Crime: Invest In Kids.

5/09/08 (link)

"An opportunity to invest in child care for Mainers"
-Jessica Bickford, Vice President of the Maine Family Child Care Association.

5/05/08 (link)

"We need to take serious and bold steps to ensure that everyone who wants to go to college can do so."
-Michael Brennan, candidate for the 1st Congressional District Democratic nomination.

1/29/08 (link)

"Early care and education programs and high-quality parent strengthening are key
to building healthy brain development in Maine babies and toddlers."
-Dana F. Connors, President of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce.

1/04/08 (.pdf)

"My experience has taught me that one of the best ways to deter future
criminality in adults is to stop them from being abused or neglected as children."
-Maurice Ouellette, York County Sheriff.

12/15/07 (.doc)

"Almost every law enforcement officer who has patrolled a beat or worked in a jail has
watched children progress from minor behavior problems in elementary school
to more serious juvenile offenses to adult felonies. We must cut off that pipeline
that keeps feeding very young people into the criminal justice system.
Investing in high-quality early learning programs should be a state budget priority"
-Troy Morton, Penobscot County Deputy Sheriff, Butch Asselin, Chief of Police in Houlton and
Sean Geagan, Police Sergeant in Bucksport

12/23/07 (link)

"To instill good values in its children, Maine must start young."
-Phillip J. Crowell Jr., Auburn Chief of Police in Auburn, and Richard Caton, Farmington Chief of Police

12/19/07 (link)

"One of our state's best investment in our most precious resources is high quality
early care educational programs like Head Start, Early Head Start, Pre-K and
quality child care."
-Michael Emmons, Skowhegan Chief of Police.

12/18/07 (.doc)

"Quality early education and care is a wise investment on many fronts — educationally
and economically. It's one of the best crime prevention strategies we have."
-Mark Westrum, Sagadahoc County Sheriff

12/08/07 (link)

"By now the research is clear - investments in early childhood have large paybacks..."

12/07/07 (link)

"We need to invest in children -- our investment in future."
-Rep. Sean Faircloth, D-Bangor