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Palo Alto County residents receive $1,177,551 in food assistance benefits in 2021

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Palo Alto County received $1,177,551 in Food Assistance Program funding in 2021 for 625 program recipients, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of data from Iowa's Department of Human Services.

This is a 36.7 percent increase from 2020, when 700 recipients received $861,174.

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 Palo Alto County Food Assistance Program Participants 2012-2021

YearAmount Allocated
2012$1,142,869
2013$1,195,161
2014$1,015,563
2015$1,012,715
2016$956,210
2017$820,273
2018$886,536
2019$861,174
2020$1,177,551
2021$1,607,866

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