Emergency General Assistance - EGA - Pine County Public Health and Human Services
Resource Name:Emergency General Assistance - EGA - Pine County Public Health and Human Services
address
1602 Highway 23 North, Sandstone, MN 55072
Eligibility
Adults and couples without minor children with low income in an emergency situation and 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
Application process
Call; visit website https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/
Fees
None
Service area
Pine County, MN
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
06/05/2026
What's Here
Electric Service Payment AssistanceGeneral Furniture ProvisionHeating Fuel Payment AssistanceGeneral Appliance ProvisionGas Service Payment AssistanceMortgage Payment AssistanceWater Service Payment AssistanceRent Payment AssistanceAppliance RepairMoving Expense AssistanceUndesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Providing organization
Pine County Public Health and Human Services
County human services office