Gov. Mills directs Maine DHHS to fully fund SNAP benefits for November

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Gov. Janet Mills announced Friday that Maine will fully fund SNAP benefits for the month of November.

The news came the same day that the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it will comply with a court order to fully fund the food benefits, while the Trump administration moves to appeal the order.

About 170,000 Mainers have been going without SNAP benefits this month as a result of the government shutdown and the Trump administration’s refusal to tap into emergency funding for SNAP.

In her announcement, Gov. Mills said the withholding of those funds was “a wrong and callous decision.”

The funds will be distributed starting next week.

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