Emergency Assistance - EA - Traverse County Social Services Department
202 8th Street North, Wheaton, MN 56296
Families with low income and children under age 21 who are residents of Traverse County
Application/registration form birth certificate eviction notice proof of address proof of income statements utility disconnection notice/shut off notice
8 am - 4 pm Monday - Friday
Interpreters available
Traverse County, MN
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Program Fees
Cash-grant program for families with low incomes experiencing household emergencies. Families can receive assistance once every 12 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, necessary home repairs, or need for furniture or appliance replacement or repair.
10/29/2025
Traverse County Social Services Department
Social services department for Traverse County