Janet Mills (D) and the Maine State Housing Authority announced Tuesday that $2.3 million worth of state grants will be put toward supporting the operation of warming centers throughout the state this winter. The grant money will be distributed across twelve centers located in seven of Maine’s counties, resulting in a total of 338 beds being opened. After distributing these grants, the state will have spent a total of $5.78 million to support Maine warming centers over the past three years. The largest grants, about $400,000 each, will be going to Augusta Overnight and the City of Portland, with fifty and sixty beds respectively. Most other recipient shelters will be receiving six-figure grants and support roughly fifteen to twenty-five beds each, with some exceptions.