Emergency Assistance - EA - Dakota County Employment and Economic Assistance
1 Mendota Road West, Suite 100, West Saint Paul, MN 55118
Families with low income and children under age 21 who are residents of Dakota county
Application/registration form birth certificate driver's license eviction notice health insurance card mail with current address picture ID proof of address proof of citizenship/passport proof of household income Social Security card/number
8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
Interpreters available; French; Russian; Somali; Spanish; Thai; Vietnamese
Call for appointment; visit website https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/
Dakota County, MN
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Cash-grant program for families with low incomes experiencing a household emergency. 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. 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.
11/11/2025
Dakota County Employment and Economic Assistance
Administers financial assistance programs and support services to Dakota County residents to assist them in achieving and maintaining economic self-sufficiency.