Emergency Assistance - EA - Mahnomen County Social Services Department
103 North Main Street, Mahnomen, MN 56557
Families with low income and children under age 21 who are residents of Mahnomen County
Application/registration form birth certificate eviction notice photo ID proof of address proof of income statements utility disconnection notice/shut off notice
- Phone and email: 8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday - Office: 8 am - 12 noon and 1 pm - 3:30 pm Monday - Friday
Interpreters available
- Call; email; walk-in - Visit website to apply online at https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/
Mahnomen County, MN
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Program Fees
Application Process
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.
10/29/2025
Mahnomen County Social Services Department
Provides a wide range of programs and 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 within Mahnomen County