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Emergency Assistance - EA - Crow Wing County Community Services

204 Laurel Street, Brainerd, MN 56401

Eligibility

Families with low income and children under age 21 who are residents of Crow Wing County

Required documents

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

Hours

8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday

Interpretation services

Interpreters available

Application process
- Call; walk-in - Visit website to apply online at https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/
Service area

Crow Wing County, MN

Other Information

Program Fees

No Fee

Application Process

Walk In

Cash-grant program for families with low incomes experiencing household emergencies. 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. Emergency assistance provides short-term, one-time assistance for households 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

09/22/2025

Providing organization

Crow Wing County Community Services

County social service department providing services to assist residents in the areas of medical coverage, financial assistance, food programs, employment supports, care coordination, case management, and services to adults and children who are in need of protection