Emergency General Assistance - EGA - Freeborn County Human Services
203 Clark Street West, Albert Lea, MN 56007
Adults with low income and without children who are residents of Freeborn County
Application/registration form birth certificate driver's license eviction notice health insurance card mail with current address Medicare card picture ID proof of address proof of citizenship/passport proof of household income Social Security card/number
8 am - 5 pm Monday - Friday
Interpreters available
Call; walk in; visit website https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/
Freeborn County, MN
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Program Fees
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. ?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.
12/12/2025
Freeborn County Human Services
County human services office