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Emergency Assistance - EA - Freeborn County Human Services

203 Clark Street West, Albert Lea, MN 56007

Eligibility

Families with low income who are residents of Freeborn 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 - 5 pm Monday - Friday
https://www.co.freeborn.mn.us/197/Emergency-Programs

Interpretation services

Interpreters available

Application process

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

Service area

Freeborn 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

12/12/2025

Providing organization

Freeborn County Human Services

County human services office