Emergency General Assistance - EGA - Stearns County Human Services - Financial and Social Services Division

3301 County Road 138, Waite Park, MN 56387

Eligibility

Adults with low income and without children who are residents of Stearns County

Required documents

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

Hours

8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday

(320)656-6447

Fax

(320)650-5839

Voice

Websitehttps://www.stearnscountymn.gov/1062/Financial-Programs

Interpretation services

Interpreters available

Application process

Call; visit website to apply online at https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/; walk in for an application

Service area

Stearns County, MN

Other Information

Program Fees

No Fee

Application Process

Walk In

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. ? ?Emergency General Assistance provides short-term, one-time 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. Note: No funding available until July of 2026

Last Assured

01/12/2026

What's Here

Mortgage Payment Assistance Rent Payment Assistance Rental Deposit Assistance Heating Fuel Payment Assistance Moving Expense Assistance Gas Service Payment Assistance Electric Service Payment Assistance Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance Water Service Payment Assistance

Providing organization

Stearns County Human Services - Financial and Social Services Division

Provides a wide range of programs and services to assist residents in the areas of medical coverage, financial assistance, food programs, employment support, care coordination, case management, and services to adults and children who are in need of protection within Stearns County.