Alexa Foust

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Alexa Foust is a reporting fellow for The Maine Monitor.

She previously worked within the incarceration system and as a paralegal for three years before graduating from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism where she focused on New York City's detention centers.

She recently was awarded the Silurian Press Club award for her interest in local accountability reporting. A former New Englander herself, she hopes to serve the Maine community by reporting on underrepresented communities.

Contact Alexa with questions, concerns or story ideas: alexa@themainemonitor.org

Language(s) Spoken: English

excerpts from emails between childcare providers and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.

Child care providers say the state is months behind in reimbursement payments. Lawmakers are investigating.

“When you have one kid, one spot, who's not being paid for essentially or not being paid for consistently, you can't pay your bills,” said one child care provider.

March 9, 2025

composite image of inspection sheets.

Three takeaways from The Monitor’s investigation into child care facilities

Providers have been cited for violations ranging from missing immunization records to dragging children across the room.

October 26, 2024

Excerpted portions from different inspection reports. detrimental practices including corporal punishment. located in a ditch by the road. resulted in a broken arm. hazards in outdoor play area. allowed a visitor to supervise the children. waved a rifle style BB gun in front of four children.

Child care providers across the state cited for numerous safety violations

A Monitor/CPI analysis of thousands of inspection records found years of safety violations at child care providers across the state.

ByAlexa Foust Kate Hapgood

October 13, 2024

A locked wooden box stamped with the phrase "Official ballot box property state of Maine"

‘Not in the business of politics’: The local officials making sure Mainers get to vote

Clerks across Maine share their thoughts on election security ahead of November.

ByEmily Bader Rose Lundy Emmett Gartner Adrienne Washington Alexa Foust Stephanie McFeeters

September 14, 2024

The exterior of the emergency department at Maine Medical Center.

A law passed last year made assault in an emergency room a felony. Did it help curb violence?

Prior to the new law, health care workers filed 167 intentional injury lost time claims in the first seven months of 2023; 114 were filed in the first four months after the law took effect.

July 13, 2024

exterior of the Maine Behavioral Healthcare facility.

There’s a form to help people in crisis. Most don’t know it exists.

An advance directive can lay out a preferred treatment plan before the treatment is needed.

June 29, 2024

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