State Profile - Maine

Source: U.S. Census Bureau. (n.d.). B01001. Sex by Age. Universe: Total Population. In American Community Survey, 2006. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS&_submenuId=datasets_2&_lang=en&_ts=

Source: U.S. Census Bureau. (n.d.). B17001. Poverty status in the past 12 months by sex by age. Universe: Population for whom poverty status is determined. In American Community Survey, 2006. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS&_submenuId=datasets_2&_lang=en&_ts=

Source: U.S. Census Bureau. (n.d.). B23008. Age of own children under 18 in families and subfamilies by living arrangements by employment status of parents. Universe: Own children under 18 years in families and subfamilies. In American Community Survey, 2006. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS&_submenuId=datasets_2&_lang=en&_ts=

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services. (2006, February). Estimated state median income for a four-person family, by State, Federal Fiscal Year 2007. Federal Register 71 (39). http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/liheap/guidance/information_memoranda/im06-05.html

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services. (2007, March). Estimated State median income for a four-person family, by State, Federal Fiscal Year 2008. Federal Register, 72(59). http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-5631.pdf

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Head Start Bureau. (2007). Head Start program fact sheet. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ohs/about/fy2007.html

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Child Care Bureau. (2007, June). FFY 2005 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) state expenditures. In Child Care and Development Fund expenditure data. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/data/index.htm

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Child Care Bureau. (2006, June, 20). FFY 2005 CCDF data tables and charts [Preliminary estimates]. In Child Care and Development Fund statistics. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/research/05acf800/list.htm

Note: This summary provides information obtained from the State CCDF ACF-696 reports submitted for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 CCDF expenditure year from all open appropriation years. States expended a total of $9.4 billion of combined Federal and State funds, which includes both CCDF and TANF transfers into CCDF.

Note:
1. All counts are "adjusted" numbers of families and children unless otherwise indicated. These "adjusted" numbers represent the number funded through CCDF only. The "adjusted" number is the raw or "unadjusted" number reported by the State multiplied by the pooling factor as reported on the ACF-800. A few States have indicated that the pooling factor reported on the ACF-800 is not applicable to the ACF-801. This report takes all these factors into consideration in calculating the "adjusted" numbers.
2. The source for this table is ACF-801 data for FY 2003.
3. The "adjusted" numbers were obtained by multiplying the respective "unadjusted" numbers by the reported pooling factor percentage that was applicable to the ACF-801 data.
4. The reported results shown above have been rounded to the nearest 100. The national numbers are simply the sum of the State and Territory numbers.
5. All states provide an actual count of families served. However, the number of children served is not a direct count based on the fact that some States elect to submit sample data versus full population data. For States that submit samples, the ratio of children-to-families is determined and then multiplied by the number of families served to obtain an estimate of the number of children served.
6. Puerto Rico were unable to report ACF-801 case-level data before report preparation.
7. On an ongoing basis, CA serves a significant number of families and children through State funds. Beginning in FY 2002, CA recognized and corrected their reporting to show that only 86% of families and children are being served through CCDF (as opposed to 100%). The other 14% are actually being served by non-CCDF funds. Prior to FY 2002, NY reported children based on a payments system which allowed for a child to be counted more than once. Beginning with FY 2002, NY revised their reporting system. This has had the effect of eliminating double-counting. These changes lowered the national child counts by nearly 100,000 for FY 2002 and FY 2003 as compared to what was reported for FY 2001.

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Family Assistance. (n.d.). Fiscal year 2006 TANF financial data. In TANF financial data. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofs/data/2006/ytanf_2006.html

Note: Direct TANF expenditure includes non-assistance child care and assistance child care.

Source: Barnett, W. S., Hawkinson, L. E., Hustedt, J. T., & Robin, K. B. (2006). The state of preschool: 2006 state preschool yearbook [Electronic version]. http://nieer.org/yearbook/pdf/yearbook.pdf

Note: In addition to Two-Year Kindergarten program funding, Maine delivered $19,898,400 in targeted funds to grades K-2 (including the 4-year-olds in the Two-Year Kindergarten program). It is not possible to estimate the percentage of these funds that are used for serving 4-year-old children.

Source:

Source: National Association for Regulatory Administration, & the National Child Care Information Center. (2006, December). The 2005 Child Care Licensing Study: Final Report. http://nara.affiniscape.com/associations/4734/files/Table%5FA%5FNum%5FLic%5FProg%5F2005%2Epdf

Note: See "Table A: Number of Licensed Child Care Facilities" from The 2005 Child Care Licensing Study, for State notes and other information, available on the Web at http://nara.affiniscape.com/associations/4734/files/Table%5FA%5FNum%5FLic%5FProg%5F2005%2Epdf.

*Maine: See Definition of Licensed Family Child Care Homes for State notes and other information, available on the Web at http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/cclicensingreq/definition-fcc.html.

Source: NCCIC (June 07) Definition of licensed family child care homes. http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/cclicensingreq/definition-fcc.html
Source: Data compiled from child care licensing regulations posted on the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education Web site at http://nrc.uchsc.edu/STATES/states.htm on June 14, 2007.

Note: Key: NR = Not Regulated; U = Unspecified
For the purposes of this document, a licensed program is required to have permission from the State to operate and must meet specified family child care standards. Several States have county or city licensing regulations which may supersede State requirements; reported data excludes such requirements. States includes the District of Columbia for a total of 51 entities.

Note: See Child Care Center Licensing Regulations: Child:Staff Ratios and Maximum Group Size Requirements for State notes and other information, available on the Web at http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/cclicensingreq/ratios.html.

Source: NCCIC (October 06). Center child care licensing regulations: child:staff ratios and maximum group size requirements. http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/cclicensingreq/ratios.html

Source: Data compiled from child care licensing regulations posted on the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education Web site at http://nrc.uchsc.edu/STATES/states.htm on October 5, 2006.

Child Care Subsidy Agency

Child Care Licensing Agency

State Child Care Resource & Referral Contact

Professional Development Contact

State Homepage & Child Care Page

State Contacts List

• Child and Adult Care Food Program: State Contacts
• Child Support Enforcement Agency: State Contacts
• Early Care and Education (ECE) Professional Development Web Sites
• Even Start State Coordinators and Federal Program Contacts
• Head Start - State Collaboration Offices
• KIDS COUNT Projects
• National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education (contacts)
• National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities State Resource Sheets
• Selected State Early Learning Guidelines on the Web
• State Early Childhood Comprehensive System (SECCS) Planning Grants: Contact List Approved Grants Project Contacts
• State Funded Prekindergarten and Early Learning Offices
• State Toll-Free Child Abuse Reporting Numbers