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Fewer Mills County households received food assistance benefits in 2020

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Mills County saw a 10.9 percent decrease in the number of households participating in Iowa's Food Assistance Program from 2019 to 2020, according to a Mills County Guide analysis of data from the state's Department of Human Services.

In 2020, 507 households (1,089 residents) in Mills County participated in the Program compared to 569 households (1,247 residents) in 2019.

Overall, $2,051,322 in food assistance payments were allocated to Mills County households in 2020.

In 2019, $1,584,271 was allocated for Mills County households in the Program.

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.

Mills County Households Participating in Iowa's Food Assistance Program 2011-2020

YearNumber of households
2011571
2012659
2013696
2014674
2015648
2016653
2017638
2018589
2019569
2020507

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