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Sioux County residents receive $2,048,025 in food assistance benefits in 2020

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Sioux County received $2,048,025 in Food Assistance Program funding in 2020 for 1,104 program recipients, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of data from Iowa's Department of Human Services.

This is a 45.4 percent increase from 2019, when 1,190 recipients received $1,408,240.

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 Sioux County Food Assistance Program Participants 2011-2020

YearAmount Allocated
2011$1,839,790
2012$2,010,459
2013$2,084,174
2014$1,946,661
2015$1,861,251
2016$1,845,618
2017$1,566,207
2018$1,544,876
2019$1,408,240
2020$2,048,025

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