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Linn County residents receive $47,387,473 in food assistance benefits in 2021

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Linn County received $47,387,473 in Food Assistance Program funding in 2021 for 24,164 program recipients, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of data from Iowa's Department of Human Services.

This is a 41.6 percent increase from 2020, when 24,797 recipients received $33,475,189.

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 Linn County Food Assistance Program Participants 2012-2021

YearAmount Allocated
2012$41,719,483
2013$40,083,992
2014$35,308,422
2015$36,098,009
2016$36,799,976
2017$33,145,468
2018$34,885,381
2019$33,475,189
2020$47,387,473
2021$59,055,695

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