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Emergency General Assistance - EGA - Rice County Social Services

320 3rd Street NW, Faribault, MN 55021

Adults with low income and without children who are residents of Rice County
Application/registration form birth certificate driver's license eviction notice health insurance card mail with current address Medicare card picture ID proof of address proof of citizenship/passport proof of household income Social Security card/number
- Regular Office Hours (September - May): 8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday - Summer Office Hours (May-September): 8 am-4:30 pm Monday - Thursday 8 am - 12 noon Friday

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Rice County, MN

Description

Cash-grant program for adults with low incomes experiencing a household emergency. Adults can receive assistance once every 12 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Adults must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help. ?Short-term, one-time grant assistance for persons in a financial crisis because of fire, flood, storm, illness, accident, theft, utility shut-off, eviction, foreclosure, moving expense, necessary home repairs, or need for furniture or appliance replacement or repair.

Last assured

07/25/2025

Providing organization

Rice County Social Services

County family services agency

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