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Emergency General Assistance - EGA - Southwest Health and Human Services

NOTE: Funding is currently not available for this program. Please do not refer. Funding may resume in July 2025. Cash-grant program for adults with low incomes experiencing a household emergency. Adults can receive assistance once every 12 months, with financial aid provided directly to the vendor. 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 grant assistance for individuals in a financial crisis because of: - In situations of threat of eviction from a landlord/management or homelessness as a result of domestic abuse, rent and/or rental deposit assistance is provided. Mortgage payment assistance is not considered unless the individual is in foreclosure or experiencing difficulty from an employment crisis. - In situations of utility (electricity, fuel oil, natural gas, propane, sewer, or water) shut-off and refusal of service for fuel, deposit and payment assistance is provided

Last assured

09/27/2024

Physical Address

1091 North Hiawatha Avenue, Pipestone, MN 56164

Hours

8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday

Voice

(800)810-8816

Intake Adult services intake - all sites

Voice

(888)964-8407

Intake Child services intake - all sites

Fax

(507)825-6727

Fax

(507)537-6088

Application process

- Call or visit https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/ - Lincoln County: (800)657-3781 - Lyon County: (800)657-3760 - Murray County: (800)657-3811 - Pipestone County: (888)632-4325 - Redwood County: (888)234-1292 - Rock County: (855)877-3762

Required documents

Application/registration form; proof of household income

Eligibility

- Low income adults who have been residents of Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone, Redwood, and Rock counties for at least 30 days - Income must be within 200% of the Federal Poverty Guideline

Service area

Lincoln County, MN Lyon County, MN Murray County, MN Pipestone County, MN Redwood County, MN Rock County, MN

Agency info

Southwest Health and Human Services

Health and Human services for 6-county area

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