Maine Veterans’ Homes waited nearly 2 years to receive a partial amount of critical funds the Legislature approved in 2023, apparently due solely to bureaucratic hangup. From the Bangor Daily News: 

“A year and a half after lawmakers approved $2.6 million to bail out the struggling Maine Veterans’ Homes, the nonprofit that cares for Mainers who served in the military is set to finally receive a portion of that money this week.

But the partial payment will not yet unlock all of the additional $5.5 million in federal matching dollars that state lawmakers and Gov. Janet Mills intended for the operator of six veterans’ homes in Maine to receive when they approved pulling money from a medical marijuana fund in July 2023 to help close the nonprofit’s funding gap of more than $10 million.”

What’s worse is that the payments were only released once lawmakers sounded the alarm. And still we have no real explanation of why the payments were delayed.

Read the full story here:
 https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/01/30/politics/maine-veterans-homes-finally-getting-aid-lawmakers-approved-in-2023/