Emergency General Assistance - EGA - Watonwan County Department of Human Services
715 2nd Avenue South, Saint James, MN 56081
Adults without children who are residents of Watonwan County with low income
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
8:30 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
Interpreters available
Call; visit website https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/
Watonwan County, MN
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Program Fees
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.
03/12/2026
Watonwan County Department of Human Services
County human services office