Emergency General Assistance - EGA - Western Prairie Human Services

15 Central Avenue North, Elbow Lake, MN 56531

Eligibility

Low-income adults without children who are residents of Grant and Pope 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 pm Monday - Friday

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Fax

Fax

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https://www.wphsmn.gov/hide-cash-assistance-programs

Application process

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

Service area

Grant County, MN
Pope 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. 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.

What's Here

Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance Moving Expense Assistance Water Service Payment Assistance Electric Service Payment Assistance Gas Service Payment Assistance General Furniture Provision Heating Fuel Payment Assistance Rent Payment Assistance General Appliance Provision Appliance Repair Mortgage Payment Assistance

Providing organization

Western Prairie Human Services

A person-centered agency that partners with and empowers individuals and families, and promotes safe, healthy communities throughout Pope and Grant Counties.