Emergency General Assistance - EGA - Swift County Human Services
Resource Name:Emergency General Assistance - EGA - Swift County Human Services
address
410 21st Street South, Benson, MN 56215
Eligibility
Adults with low income and without children who are residents of Swift 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
(320)843-3160
Voice
·Intake
(320)843-4582
Fax
·Fax
Application process
Call; walk in; visit website https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/
Fees
None
Service area
Swift 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
02/26/2026
What's Here
Heating Fuel Payment AssistanceRent Payment AssistanceAppliance RepairMortgage Payment AssistanceGeneral Furniture ProvisionGeneral Appliance ProvisionElectric Service Payment AssistanceMoving Expense AssistanceTelephone Service Payment AssistanceWater Service Payment AssistanceUndesignated Temporary Financial AssistanceGas Service Payment Assistance
Providing organization
Swift County Human Services
County family services agency