Maine Senate Pres. Troy Jackson has been working to create legislation that would make school lunches free for all Maine students, regardless of their family's ability to pay for it.
State-sponsored retirement plan proposed in Delaware
The bipartisan bill aims to help the 52% of employees in the state who don t have access to a retirement plan at work.
May 24, 2021
A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the Delaware House of Representatives that would create a state-sponsored retirement plan for private-sector workers.
The program, called Delaware EARNS, for Expanding Access for Retirement and Necessary Savings, is intended to serve the 52% of workers in the state who do not have access to a retirement program at work.
The proposed state program, which would be administered by the state treasurer’s office, would automatically enroll employees unless they elect to opt out.
Child Hunger in Maine
According to Feeding America, 1 in 6 children in Maine face hunger. Kids that don t know when or where their next meal will be. Something that has been an even bigger hurdle during the pandemic with kids not attending school in person. The one place where they re guaranteed a meal or two.
Thankfully many programs and efforts were made to assist these kids through the pandemic.
Some schools even offer a backpack program for kids to bring home food so they won t go hungry over the weekend.
Stigma
Sadly there can be a stigma for students who receive discounted or free lunch at school. One Sanford High School Student told the Sun Journal, Students were bullied because they were not able to afford school lunch.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ It s okay to not be okay. Each year millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental illness, even children. Rukshana Ilahi, director of special education at National Heritage Academies, shares that you can be young and still struggle.
Fifty percent of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14, with an average 8-10-year gap between initial symptoms and intervention. In the life of a child, those are critical developmental years.