Emergency General Assistance - EGA - Pine County Public Health and Human Services
1610 Highway 23 North, Sandstone, MN 55072
Eligibility
Adults with low income and without children who are residents of Pine County
Required documents
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
Hours
8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
Interpretation services
Interpreters available
Application process
Call; visit website https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/
Service area
Pine County, MN
Other Information
Program Fees
- No Fee
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
10/14/2025
What's Here
Electric Service Payment AssistanceMoving Expense AssistanceGeneral Furniture ProvisionWater Service Payment AssistanceHeating Fuel Payment AssistanceGas Service Payment AssistanceMortgage Payment AssistanceGeneral Appliance ProvisionUndesignated Temporary Financial AssistanceAppliance RepairRent Payment Assistance
Providing organization
Pine County Public Health and Human Services
County human services office