Maybe they can head to California. I read their legislature is working on a plan to supplement the federal EITC with an additional 30% state money.
Welfare reform was a large part of the 2012-2013 budget, which emphasized Maine will no longer be considered a welfare destination state.
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This has been killing the state. It along with Catholic Charities brought in Somalis from other states when their refugee resettlement people from overseas dried up.
Social workers across the country keep info for the homeless on where to go for best bennies and Maine has always been generous to people who were stuck. But it become a flood and overwhelmed this state with a population of just over a million. Although we have a small population we were supporting a homeless population for a much larger state.