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Pocahontas County residents receive $1,109,907 in food assistance benefits in 2020

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Pocahontas County received $1,109,907 in Food Assistance Program funding in 2020 for 594 program recipients, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of data from Iowa's Department of Human Services.

This is a 51.1 percent increase from 2019, when 625 recipients received $734,554.

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 Pocahontas County Food Assistance Program Participants 2011-2020

YearAmount Allocated
2011$1,068,084
2012$1,192,929
2013$1,184,719
2014$1,101,376
2015$1,041,031
2016$1,089,486
2017$906,689
2018$835,391
2019$734,554
2020$1,109,907

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