Emergency General Assistance - EGA - Rice County Social Services
1651 Jefferson Parkway, Suite 110, Northfield, MN 55057
Adults with low income and without children who are residents of Rice 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 - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
Interpreters available; Somali; Spanish
Call; walk in; visit website https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/
Rice County, MN
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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.
03/19/2026
Rice County Social Services
County family services agency