Emergency General Assistance - EGA - Crow Wing County Community Services

204 Laurel Street, Brainerd, MN 56401

Eligibility

Adults with low income who are residents of Crow Wing County

Required documents

Application/registration form eviction notice picture ID proof of emergency proof of household income utility disconnect notice/shut off notice

Hours

8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday

(218)824-1250

Voice

(888)772-8212

Voice

(218)824-1305

Fax

https://www.crowwing.gov/203/Emergency-Assistance

[email protected]

Interpretation services

Interpreters available

Application process

Call; visit website to apply online at https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/

Service area

Crow Wing County, MN

Other Information

Application Process

Walk In

Program Fees

No Fee

Description

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. Emergency General Assistance provides short-term, one-time 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

09/22/2025

What's Here

Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance Rental Deposit Assistance Heating Fuel Payment Assistance Electric Service Payment Assistance Mortgage Payment Assistance Gas Service Payment Assistance Rent Payment Assistance Water Service Payment Assistance

Providing organization

Crow Wing County Community Services

County social service department providing services to assist residents in the areas of medical coverage, financial assistance, food programs, employment supports, care coordination, case management, and services to adults and children who are in need of protection