Decide where your nutrition program budget will do the most good.

Three areas in one plan

• Nutrition

  239,150 Kentucky households receive SNAP.

  Total of county figures, calculated by NourishScope from Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024

  Compare need across communities and test five ways to divide a fixed budget, with households reached and money left over for each.

  • Equal split
  • Share by unmet need
  • Share by need, with a minimum for all
  • Share by need and health burden
  • Lowest cost first

• Community Health

  12.3% of adults have diabetes in the middle Kentucky county.

  Middle value across Kentucky counties, calculated by NourishScope from CDC PLACES, 2022

  See diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure beside the plan, and weight the budget by health burden if you choose.

• Food System and Agricultural Sustainability

  3.9% of residents in the middle county have low income and low access to a store.

  Middle value across Kentucky counties, calculated by NourishScope from USDA ERS Food Environment Atlas, 2019

  Check food access, grocery stores, SNAP retailers and farmers markets that accept SNAP before deciding where to work.

The worked example, in one line

With $50,000.00 and a cost of $100.00 per household, sharing by unmet need gives Magoffin County $26,427.28, Wolfe County $14,663.46 and Owsley County $8,909.25.

• Equal split 498 households reached
• Share by unmet need 499 households reached
• Share by need, with a minimum for all 498 households reached
• Share by need and health burden 498 households reached
• Lowest cost first 500 households reached

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Every figure in the tool comes from a free federal or Appalachian Regional Commission source and shows its source and year. The formulas are published in the methodology, and the data and code are openly licensed. See where the data come from.