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Adair County residents receive $1,100,494 in food assistance benefits in 2021

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Adair County received $1,100,494 in Food Assistance Program funding in 2021 for 584 program recipients, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of data from Iowa's Department of Human Services.

This is a 56.4 percent increase from 2020, when 606 recipients received $703,718.

Qualified recipients in the Program are eligible to receive financial assistance in the form of Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, which then can be used to buy groceries. The Program is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's larger Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Amount of Money Allocated for Adair County Food Assistance Program Participants 2012-2021

YearAmount Allocated
2012$1,153,320
2013$1,122,297
2014$973,565
2015$936,752
2016$903,591
2017$760,056
2018$768,340
2019$703,718
2020$1,100,494
2021$1,329,460

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