Vermont officials say they don't expect the federal government shutdown will have an immediate impact on state services.

But they caution a prolonged shutdown could hurt Vermont's economy.

Adam Greshin, commissioner of the Department of Finance and Management, said state agencies were instructed to draw down as much federal funding as possible in advance of the shutdown.

He said they did something similar during the last shutdown in 2018.

"I don't think you will see anything different in state government services or delivery, but over time you will start to see differences as programs that have additional funds from last year run out," Greshin said.

Greshin said it's difficult to evaluate how a shutdown will affect individual departments in Vermont until federal agencies announce th

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