Acheson’s Poverty Report Cited in BDN Article on Washington County Forum

The Bangor Daily News cited a Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center report written by Ann Acheson, a research associate for the center, in an article about the Poverty Institute forum hosted by the University of Maine at Machias. According to Acheson’s report, “Poverty in Maine,” 30 percent of children in Washington County live in poverty, and the county also has the highest poverty rate in the state.