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Emergency Assistance - EA - Benton County Human Services

531 Dewey Street, Foley, MN 56329

Eligibility

Families with low income who are residents of Benton County

Required documents

Application/registration form birth certificate eviction notice photo ID proof of address proof of income statements utility disconnection notice/shut off notice

Hours

8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
https://www.co.benton.mn.us/349/Financial-Assistance

Interpretation services

Interpreters available

Application process

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

Service area

Benton 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

10/20/2025

Providing organization

Benton County Human Services

County human services office