SW Iowa Times

Pottawattamie County received $24,730,344 in Food Assistance Program funding in 2020 for 12,835 program recipients, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of data from Iowa's Department of Human Services.

This is a 38.4 percent increase from 2019, when 13,350 recipients received $17,864,920.

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 Pottawattamie County Food Assistance Program Participants 2011-2020

Year	Amount Allocated
2011	$24,533,634
2012	$25,510,874
2013	$24,421,706
2014	$22,307,736
2015	$21,787,870
2016	$21,555,870
2017	$18,324,775
2018	$18,882,707
2019	$17,864,920
2020	$24,730,344