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The state funding comes as a federal government shutdown halts November SNAP benefits for over 1 million Ohioans.

The plan includes $7 million for food banks and $18 million for families in the Ohio Works First program.

Other states, including New York and Illinois, have also announced funding for food assistance during the shutdown.

Ohio will spend $25 million on food banks and aid for low-income families as more than 1 million Ohioans prepare to lose money from the federal government.

The announcement from Gov. Mike DeWine, Senate President Rob McColley, R-Napoleon, and House Speaker Matt Huffman, R-Lima, came days before funding lapses for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program , formerly known as food stamps. The U.S. Department of Agriculture won't is

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