Emergency Assistance - EA - Pennington County Social Services
101 Main Avenue North, Thief River Falls, MN 56701
Families with low income and children under age 21 who are residents of Pennington County
Application/registration form birth certificate eviction notice proof of address proof of income statements utility disconnection notice/shut off notice
8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
- Call; walk-in - Visit website to apply online at https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/
Pennington 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 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. ?Emergency assistance provides short-term, one-time assistance for households 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.
12/01/2025
Pennington County Social Services
County Human Services Department