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Chickasaw County residents receive $1,209,565 in food assistance benefits in 2020

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Chickasaw County received $1,209,565 in Food Assistance Program funding in 2020 for 651 program recipients, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of data from Iowa's Department of Human Services.

This is a 48.4 percent increase from 2019, when 711 recipients received $815,106.

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 Chickasaw County Food Assistance Program Participants 2011-2020

YearAmount Allocated
2011$1,436,986
2012$1,330,880
2013$1,345,677
2014$1,114,210
2015$1,132,776
2016$1,189,179
2017$950,485
2018$916,080
2019$815,106
2020$1,209,565

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