Emergency General Assistance - EGA - McLeod County Social Services

520 Chandler Avenue North, Glencoe, MN 55336

Eligibility

Adults with low income who are residents of McLeod County

Required documents

Application/registration form eviction notice or utility shut off mail with current address proof of address Social Security card/number verification of available assets to cover or assist with emergency and income verification

Hours

8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday

(320)864-5265

Fax

(320)864-3144

Voice

https://www.mcleodcountymn.gov/departments/health___human_services/financial_assistance/cash_and_food_programs.php

[email protected]

Languages

Spanish

Application process

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

Service area

Mcleod County, MN

Other Information

Program Fees

No Fee

Languages

Spanish

Description

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, or other emergency need.

Last Assured

09/19/2025

What's Here

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

Providing organization

McLeod County Social Services

County social services office