Emergency Assistance - EA - Freeborn County Human Services
Cash-grant program for families with low incomes experiencing household emergencies. Families can receive assistance once every 15 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Families must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help. Emergency assistance provides short-term, one-time assistance for households in a financial crisis because of fire, flood, storm, illness, accident, theft, utility shut-off, eviction, foreclosure, moving expense, or other emergency need.
Categories
Last assured
05/20/2024
Physical Address
203 West Clark Street, Albert Lea, MN 56007
Hours
8 am - 5 pm Monday - Friday
Voice
Voice
Fax
(507)377-5498
Application process
- Call for an application; visit website https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/ to apply online; walk-in - Emergency Assistance application forms are available at the county Human Services Office
Required documents
Application/registration form; birth certificate; eviction notice; proof of household income; Social Security card/number; utility shut off notice
Eligibility
Low-income families with children and pregnant women who may lose their housing or be at risk of a utility shut-off and are residents of Freeborn County
Service area
Freeborn County, MN
Agency info
Freeborn County Human Services
The Department administers the various cash and medical assistance programs as well as child support; is a member of the Blue Plus, UCare, and SCHA delivering the MA programs; operates a licensed Mental Health Center and Crime Victims' Crisis Center; provides child and vulnerable adult protective services; services to persons with developmental disabilities and chemical dependency; in-home family counseling; provides adolescent (SED) day treatment jointly with the Albert Lea School District and children's mental health services.