Ohio leaders have announced a plan that will provide up to $25 million to help families who could lose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits beginning Saturday because of the government shutdown.

Gov. Mike DeWine, Ohio Senate President Rob McColley and Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman made the announcement Thursday.

DeWine will sign an executive order instructing the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) to provide $7 million to several Ohio food banks and up to $18 million in emergency relief funds to more than 63,000 Ohioans, including more than 57,000 children, who are at or fall under 50% of the federal poverty level.

In announcing the emergency relief funds, DeWine called on U.S. Senate Democrats to vote to pass a continuing resolution to reopen t

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