The package calls for nearly $400 million to be used to provide $450 payments to an estimated 880,000 residents. It provides an additional $40 million to bolster the federal heating assistance program that’s administered through community action partnerships.
Mills said Maine Revenue Services is mailing the first 5,000 relief checks Monday, and they are expected to arrive in residents' mailboxes later this week. An estimated 200,000 checks will be issued per week beginning next week, with most people expected to receive their payment by the end of March. The qualifications for the heating relief checks are the same as when Mills sent $850 inflation relief checks last summer. According to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, the qualifications are based on Maine 2021 income tax returns.
Just booked my 2nd trip to Florida. Thanks for the beer money