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Tama County residents receive $2,783,943 in food assistance benefits in 2020

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Tama County received $2,783,943 in Food Assistance Program funding in 2020 for 1,457 program recipients, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of data from Iowa's Department of Human Services.

This is a 49.3 percent increase from 2019, when 1,497 recipients received $1,865,066.

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 Tama County Food Assistance Program Participants 2011-2020

YearAmount Allocated
2011$2,653,537
2012$2,840,921
2013$2,837,924
2014$2,502,771
2015$2,384,386
2016$2,343,535
2017$1,927,981
2018$2,025,292
2019$1,865,066
2020$2,783,943

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