Connecticut will spend $3 million to partially supplement federal food aid benefits for residents during the government shutdown.

More than 360,000 CT residents rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). President Donald Trump has said he won’t supplement it with emergency funds during the lapse in federal funding.

On Monday, Gov. Ned Lamont (D) announced his administration would allocate $3 million to curb the impact.

“This is going to be able to provide about 3 million meals a week for folks,” Lamont said. “You get a grocery bag, you get to load it up with things you need, that can be milk, that could be yogurt, that could be chicken, that could be fresh produce.”

However, the money is nowhere near the $72 million the federal government usually doles out each month

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