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

124 1st Street SE, Wadena, MN 56482

Adults who are low income and a resident of Wadena County
Application/registration form eviction notice picture ID proof of emergency proof of household income utility disconnect notice/shut off notice
8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday

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

Wadena 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. 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.

Providing organization

Wadena County Department of Human Services

County human services office

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