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Emergency Assistance - EA - Pine County Public Health and Human Services

1610 Highway 23 North, Sandstone, MN 55072

Eligibility

Families with low income who are residents of Pine County

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 - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
(320)216-4100

Voice - Intake Sandstone

(320)591-1570

Voice - Intake Pine City

https://www.pinecountymn.gov/departments/health_and_human_services/financial_assistance_(welfare)/additional_emergency_resources.php

Interpretation services

Interpreters available

Application process

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

Service area

Pine County, MN

Other Information

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

10/14/2025

Providing organization

Pine County Public Health and Human Services

County human services office

Emergency Assistance - EA - Pine County Public Health and Human Services