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Louisa County residents receive $1,617,352 in food assistance benefits in 2021

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Louisa County received $1,617,352 in Food Assistance Program funding in 2021 for 860 program recipients, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of data from Iowa's Department of Human Services.

This is a 45.3 percent increase from 2020, when 875 recipients received $1,112,896.

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 Louisa County Food Assistance Program Participants 2012-2021

YearAmount Allocated
2012$2,170,787
2013$1,962,257
2014$1,706,439
2015$1,476,642
2016$1,423,096
2017$1,131,885
2018$1,181,056
2019$1,112,896
2020$1,617,352
2021$2,171,237

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