Emergency General Assistance - EGA - Lac qui Parle County Family Services

911 8th Avenue, Suite 4, Madison, MN 56256

Eligibility

Adults with low income who are residents of Lac qui Parle 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

8:30 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday

(320)598-7597

Fax

(320)598-7594

Voice

https://www.lqpco.com/285/Financial-Assistance-Programs

[email protected]

Languages

Spanish

Application process

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

Service area

Lac Qui Parle County, MN

Other Information

Program Fees

No Fee

Languages

Spanish

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.

Last Assured

03/05/2026

What's Here

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

Providing organization

Lac qui Parle County Family Services

County family services agency