Maine Food Pantries, Anti-Hunger Programs to Receive $1.25M with SNAP Suspension Looming

Maine food pantries, anti-hunger programs to receive $1.25M with SNAP suspension looming

The $1.25 million is expected to help provide food for the nearly 170,000 Maine residents who rely on SNAP benefits with a suspension of the program looming.

Janet Mills releases $1M to food programs ahead of SNAP cut-off

The Good Shepherd Food Bank and other food assistance programs in Maine will get a $1.25 million boost days before the federal government is expected to pause funding for food stamp benefits. The contribution includes $1 million from the governor’s contingency fund and $250,000 from the John T. Gorman Foundation. The infusion amounts to a little more than one day’s worth of the federal benefits that Mainers now receive from the federal Supplemen…

Maine announces $1.2 million to make up for lapse in federal food assistance

The entrance to a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon. (Stock photo by hapabapa/Getty Images)With federal food assistance for 170,000 Mainers paused by the Trump administration amid the government shutdown, Gov. Janet Mills announced Wednesday that her administration is releasing $1.25 million to bolster food banks, Meals on Wheels, and other anti-hunger programs across the state. The emergency funds — $1 million from the governor’s contingency a…

Maine Gov. Janet Mills ‘considering all options’ to respond to loss of SNAP

Options include calling a special session of the Legislature and tapping the state's $1 billion rainy day fund so roughly 170,000 Mainers don't lose federal food assistance.

Mills directs $1.25M to Maine food programs as federal shutdown halts benefits

Gov. Janet Mills is delivering $1.25 million to strengthen Maine’s food pantries and hunger relief programs as federal food aid stops during the shutdown.

Mills Blames Trump, Republicans and Lauds AG Frey as Maine Joins SNAP Lawsuit

Gov. Janet Mills on Tuesday used the ongoing federal shutdown to attack the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress, as she praised Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey for joining a multi-state lawsuit over contingency funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. “I applaud Attorney General Aaron Frey for joining this lawsuit. The USDA [...] The post Mills Blames Trump, Republicans and Lauds AG Frey as Maine Joins SNA…