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University of Southern Maine

2011

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Using Pen Source Data Inputs To Map Food Insecurity In Cumberland County, Maine, Daniel Wallace Dec 2011

Using Pen Source Data Inputs To Map Food Insecurity In Cumberland County, Maine, Daniel Wallace

Muskie School Capstones and Dissertations

In 2010, Mapping Food Insecurity’s Project Director (PD) participated in “The Campaign to Promote Food Security in Cumberland County, Maine.” The Campaign drew together a 60 member coalition to address rapidly increasing food insecurity challenges in the county. It produced a report with a series of recommendations grouped under six strategic community goals. One of the recommendations called for the use of ‘mapping and connectivity software to determine location of vulnerable populations and services in order to plan best future delivery and use of food access services in Cumberland County


Torch (November/December 2011), Brandon Baldwin, Civil Rights Team Project Nov 2011

Torch (November/December 2011), Brandon Baldwin, Civil Rights Team Project

Torch: The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Torch (September/October 2011), Brandon Baldwin, Civil Rights Team Project Sep 2011

Torch (September/October 2011), Brandon Baldwin, Civil Rights Team Project

Torch: The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Reinventing Maine's Corrections System: A Survey Of Budget Smart Alternatives To Unsustainable Spending, Griffin Jones Aug 2011

Reinventing Maine's Corrections System: A Survey Of Budget Smart Alternatives To Unsustainable Spending, Griffin Jones

Muskie School Capstones and Dissertations

After the recent Great Recession of 2008, state budgets are facing increased scrutiny in every area of spending. States are increasingly turning to corrections spending, as one such area, to look for efficiencies and innovations that will help relieve fiscal stress, while also maintaining the strict judicial and safety standards expected by the public. However, state corrections systems are coming out of an imprisonment “binge” during what was often referred to as the “Tough on Crime” nineties, and without intervention in the form of smarter, more effective strategies, further uncontrolled growth in the corrections system will prove untenable to the …


Public Debt Management In The State Of Maine 1993 Through 2010, John B. Greenwood Jun 2011

Public Debt Management In The State Of Maine 1993 Through 2010, John B. Greenwood

Muskie School Capstones and Dissertations

An analysis of Maine's public debt position was undertaken in order to: 1) review the history of Maine's public debt position; 2) compare Maine's public debt position against the U.S. average; 3) determine whether Maine's public debt position has been doing progressively better, worse, or about the same; and 4) if possible, make immediate-future hypotheses about Maine's public debt position.


Torch (June 2011), Brandon Baldwin, Civil Rights Team Project Jun 2011

Torch (June 2011), Brandon Baldwin, Civil Rights Team Project

Torch: The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Torch (April/May 2011), Brandon Baldwin, Civil Rights Team Project Apr 2011

Torch (April/May 2011), Brandon Baldwin, Civil Rights Team Project

Torch: The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Torch (March 2011), Brandon Baldwin, Civil Rights Team Project Mar 2011

Torch (March 2011), Brandon Baldwin, Civil Rights Team Project

Torch: The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Torch (February 2011), Brandon Baldwin, Civil Rights Team Project Feb 2011

Torch (February 2011), Brandon Baldwin, Civil Rights Team Project

Torch: The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter

No abstract provided.


A Comparative Fiscal Analysis Of Scarborough, Maine, Maxwell K. Chikuta Jan 2011

A Comparative Fiscal Analysis Of Scarborough, Maine, Maxwell K. Chikuta

Muskie School Capstones and Dissertations

This study seeks to assess Scarborough’s fiscal and budgetary position within a comparative framework, in an effort to assist the town in identifying fiscal trends, opportunities and potential policy pitfalls. This scope and content of the analysis requires the author to make sense of a complex set of community fiscal indicators and budget data.


Torch (January 2011), Brandon Baldwin, Civil Rights Team Project Jan 2011

Torch (January 2011), Brandon Baldwin, Civil Rights Team Project

Torch: The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter

No abstract provided.