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Jones County residents receive $2,932,080 in food assistance benefits in 2020

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Jones County received $2,932,080 in Food Assistance Program funding in 2020 for 1,541 program recipients, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of data from Iowa's Department of Human Services.

This is a 51.2 percent increase from 2019, when 1,526 recipients received $1,939,271.

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 Jones County Food Assistance Program Participants 2011-2020

YearAmount Allocated
2011$2,594,650
2012$2,607,028
2013$2,516,579
2014$2,305,514
2015$2,327,285
2016$2,324,432
2017$1,939,355
2018$1,971,737
2019$1,939,271
2020$2,932,080

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