News Center Maine -Thousands of Maine families will receive next month's SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits early on Thursday as the government shutdown enters day 27.
Gov. Janet Mills made the announcement early this week to prepare for the shutdown's impact on federal money coming into the state.
Maine is not alone in this move with states across the country releasing the money to recipients early--federal money Mill's says the state already has.
180,000 Maine families are impacted by this. That is roughly one in every seven people.
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