Emergency General Assistance - EGA - Wadena County Department of Human Services

124 1st Street SE, Wadena, MN 56482

Eligibility

Adults with low income who are residents of Wadena County

Required documents

Application/registration form eviction notice picture ID proof of emergency proof of household income utility disconnect notice/shut off notice

Hours

8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday

(218)631-7605

Voice

(218)631-7616

Fax

(888)662-2737

Voice

https://www.co.wadena.mn.us/197/Human-Services

Interpretation services

Interpreters available

Application process

Call; visit website to apply online at https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/

Service area

Wadena County, MN

Other Information

Program Fees

No Fee

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. Emergency General Assistance provides short-term, one-time 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

09/15/2025

What's Here

Water Service Payment Assistance General Appliance Provision Gas Service Payment Assistance Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance Heating Fuel Payment Assistance General Furniture Provision Electric Service Payment Assistance Rent Payment Assistance

Providing organization

Wadena County Department of Human Services

County human services office