Emergency Assistance - EA - Big Stone County Family Services
340 2nd Street NW, Ortonville, MN 56278
- Families with children under age 21 with low income and who are residents of Big Stone County - Must have an emergency that threatens a child's health or safety and lack the goods or services necessary to protect the child's health or safety
Application/registration form driver's license permanent resident card picture ID
8 am - 4 pm Monday - Friday
Interpreters available
Call or apply online at https://mnbenefits.mn.gov
Big Stone County, MN
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Program Fees
Cash-grant program for families with low incomes experiencing household emergencies. Families can receive assistance once every 18 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 grant assistance for persons in a financial crisis including utility shut-off (electric, gas, heating and water service payment assistance), eviction, or foreclosure.
03/05/2026
Big Stone County Family Services
County family services agency