Emergency General Assistance - EGA - Sherburne County Public Health and Human Services

13880 Business Center Drive Northwest, Suite 100, Elk River, MN 55330

Eligibility

Adults with low income and without children who are residents of Sherburne County

Required documents

Application/registration form birth certificate eviction notice photo ID proof of address proof of income statements utility disconnection notice/shut off notice

Hours

8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday closed holidays

(800)433-5239

Voice

(763)765-4096

Fax

(763)765-4000

Voice

https://www.co.sherburne.mn.us/429/Emergency-Assistance

[email protected]

Interpretation services

Interpreters available

Application process

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

Service area

Sherburne 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.

Last assured

10/15/2025

What's Here

Mortgage Payment Assistance Appliance Repair Gas Service Payment Assistance Rent Payment Assistance Rental Deposit Assistance Water Service Payment Assistance Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance Heating Fuel Payment Assistance Electric Service Payment Assistance

Providing organization

Sherburne County Public Health and Human Services

Provides a wide range of programs and services to assist residents in the areas of medical coverage, financial assistance, food programs, employment supports, care coordination, case management, and services to adults and children who require protection within Sherburne County.