With federal food benefits scheduled to stop on Nov. 1, Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday that the state is providing $3 million on an emergency basis to partially fill the gap for some of the poorest people in the state.

About 10% of all Connecticut residents — more than 360,000 recipients — are expected to lose their food benefits Saturday as the federal government shutdown continues past 30 days.

To distribute the food, the state is providing the money to Foodshare, the regional food bank supplier that provides meals around the state year-round. The state legislature also recently tripled the amount of funding allocated to Foodshare after President Donald Trump’s administration stopped deliveries of fresh food that were equivalent to about 1 million meals, officials said.

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