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Emergency Assistance - EA - Western Prairie Human Services

15 Central Avenue North, Elbow Lake, MN 56531

Eligibility

Families with low income and children under age 21 who are residents of Grant and Pope counties

Required documents

Application/registration form birth certificate driver's license eviction notice health insurance card mail with current address picture ID proof of address proof of citizenship/passport proof of household income Social Security card/number

Hours

8 am - 4 pm Monday - Friday
https://www.wphsmn.gov/hide-cash-assistance-programs

Application process

Call; walk in; visit website https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/

Service area

Grant County, MN
Pope County, MN

Other Information

Application Process

Walk In

Program Fees

No Fee

Description

Cash-grant program for families with low incomes experiencing a household emergency. 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. Short-term, one-time grant 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.

Last Assured

11/26/2024

Providing organization

Western Prairie Human Services

A person-centered agency that partners with and empowers individuals and families, and promotes safe, healthy communities throughout Pope and Grant Counties.