Members and Legislators Visit Early Learning Centers

The law enforcement leaders of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids and Maine lawmakers see firsthand what quality early education looks like

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids members in Maine joined their area legislators on tours of early learning centers. There, they witnessed firsthand what happens when Maine’s youngest citizens have access to high-quality education and prevention services.

Augusta Chief Deputy Jared Mills shares a sticker with a student at the Magic Years Early Learning Center in Augusta, ME
Gardiner Chief of Police Jim Toman enjoying turns on the slide at recess with a young boy at the Gardiner Early Learning Center
Senator Roger Katz, Deputy Chief of Police Jared Mills, Rep. Matt Pouliot and Sheriff Ryan Reardon participate in story time
Captain Scott Stewart from the Cumberland (ME) County Sheriff’s Office reading a story to students at the Catherine Morrill Early Learning Center
Senator Roger Katz tossing a football on the playground with a student at the Magic Years Early Learning Center
Gardiner Chief of Police Jim Toman and Rep. Gay Grant (D-Gardiner) talk with preschool students after story time

First, Kennebec County Sheriff Ryan Reardon and Augusta Chief Deputy Jared Mills joined Senator Roger Katz (R-Kennebec County) and Rep. Matt Pouliot (R-Augusta) for a tour of the Magic Years Early Learning Center in Augusta. This center serves children from six weeks old to five years old, and includes children who are Head Start eligible, those who have Child Development Fund vouchers, and those whose families are private pay.

Next, Gardiner Chief of Police Jim Toman joined Rep. Gay Grant (D-Gardiner) for a tour of the Gardiner Center, which serves three to five year olds who are also a mixed group who are Head Start eligible, use Child Development Fund vouchers, and are private pay.

Then, Cumberland County Sheriff Office Captain Scott Stewart got in on the fun at the Catherine Morrill Early Learning Center’s “Step Up For Kids Day” by reading books to the Center’s three- to five-year-old students.