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Muscatine County residents receive $10,096,715 in food assistance benefits in 2021

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Muscatine County received $10,096,715 in Food Assistance Program funding in 2021 for 5,300 program recipients, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of data from Iowa's Department of Human Services.

This is a 37.9 percent increase from 2020, when 5,508 recipients received $7,321,307.

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 Muscatine County Food Assistance Program Participants 2012-2021

YearAmount Allocated
2012$11,246,770
2013$11,067,153
2014$10,141,774
2015$9,269,773
2016$8,765,336
2017$7,568,655
2018$7,576,993
2019$7,321,307
2020$10,096,715
2021$13,214,750

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