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Ohio Food Stamp Recipients Getting Some March Benefits Early

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says families due to receive food assistance in March will be getting it early.  

Food stamp recipients will receive 50 percent of their March benefits on February 22nd.  The feds will then pay out the remaining 50 percent on the normal March issuance date. Officials say the split payment is due to the recent partial federal government shutdown. 

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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