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Cerro Gordo County residents receive $8,234,468 in food assistance benefits in 2020

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Cerro Gordo County received $8,234,468 in Food Assistance Program funding in 2020 for 4,301 program recipients, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of data from Iowa's Department of Human Services.

This is a 44.6 percent increase from 2019, when 4,440 recipients received $5,692,771.

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 Cerro Gordo County Food Assistance Program Participants 2011-2020

YearAmount Allocated
2011$9,287,060
2012$9,258,338
2013$8,631,537
2014$7,520,779
2015$7,111,517
2016$6,875,110
2017$5,920,819
2018$6,087,175
2019$5,692,771
2020$8,234,468

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