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Cedar County residents receive $1,896,612 in food assistance benefits in 2021

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Cedar County received $1,896,612 in Food Assistance Program funding in 2021 for 1,005 program recipients, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of data from Iowa's Department of Human Services.

This is a 52 percent increase from 2020, when 995 recipients received $1,247,899.

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 Cedar County Food Assistance Program Participants 2012-2021

YearAmount Allocated
2012$2,098,283
2013$1,944,257
2014$1,759,593
2015$1,758,711
2016$1,602,590
2017$1,369,388
2018$1,272,503
2019$1,247,899
2020$1,896,612
2021$2,455,605

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