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Crawford County residents receive $2,825,770 in food assistance benefits in 2021

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Crawford County received $2,825,770 in Food Assistance Program funding in 2021 for 1,503 program recipients, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of data from Iowa's Department of Human Services.

This is a 33.9 percent increase from 2020, when 1,623 recipients received $2,111,037.

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 Crawford County Food Assistance Program Participants 2012-2021

YearAmount Allocated
2012$2,997,871
2013$2,879,159
2014$2,541,993
2015$2,504,356
2016$2,473,824
2017$2,260,435
2018$2,342,742
2019$2,111,037
2020$2,825,770
2021$3,554,768

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