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Emergency General Assistance - EGA - Benton County Human Services

Cash-grant program for adults with low incomes experiencing a household emergency. Adults can receive assistance once every 18 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: Funding is currently not available for this program until July.

Last assured

06/17/2024

Physical Address

531 Dewey Street, Foley, MN 56329

Hours

8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday

Fax

(320)968-5330

Application process

Call; visit website to apply online at https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/

Required documents

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

Eligibility

Low income adults without children who are residents of Benton County

Service area

Benton County, MN

Agency info

Benton County Human Services

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, and case management to adults and children who are in need of services or protection within Benton County

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