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Emergency Assistance - EA - Traverse County Social Services Department

202 8th Street North, Wheaton, MN 56296

Eligibility

Families with low income and children under age 21 who are residents of Traverse County

Required documents

Application/registration form birth certificate eviction notice proof of address proof of income statements utility disconnection notice/shut off notice

Hours

8 am - 4 pm Monday - Friday
https://www.co.traverse.mn.us/departments/departments/social-services/

Interpretation services

Interpreters available

Application process

- Call - Visit website to apply online at https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/

Service area

Traverse County, MN

Other Information

Program Fees

No Fee

Description

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.

Last Assured

10/29/2025

Providing organization

Traverse County Social Services Department

Social services department for Traverse County