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Union County residents receive $2,791,342 in food assistance benefits in 2021

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Union County received $2,791,342 in Food Assistance Program funding in 2021 for 1,460 program recipients, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of data from Iowa's Department of Human Services.

This is a 38.4 percent increase from 2020, when 1,554 recipients received $2,017,221.

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 Union County Food Assistance Program Participants 2012-2021

YearAmount Allocated
2012$2,820,484
2013$2,611,088
2014$2,341,022
2015$2,367,572
2016$2,412,920
2017$2,225,037
2018$2,192,535
2019$2,017,221
2020$2,791,342
2021$3,779,302

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