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Decatur County residents receive $1,628,518 in food assistance benefits in 2021

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Decatur County received $1,628,518 in Food Assistance Program funding in 2021 for 846 program recipients, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of data from Iowa's Department of Human Services.

This is a 38.8 percent increase from 2020, when 903 recipients received $1,173,519.

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 Decatur County Food Assistance Program Participants 2012-2021

YearAmount Allocated
2012$2,158,366
2013$1,972,034
2014$1,773,552
2015$1,737,095
2016$1,643,399
2017$1,432,376
2018$1,374,718
2019$1,173,519
2020$1,628,518
2021$2,200,659

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