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Emergency General Assistance - EGA - Swift County Human Services

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
https://www.swiftcounty.com/hs
[email protected]

Interpretation services

Interpreters available

Application process

Call; walk in; visit website https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/

Service area

Swift County, MN

Other Information

Program Fees

No Fee

Application Process

Walk In

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. ?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

Providing organization

Swift County Human Services

County family services agency