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Program: Emergency Assistance - EA

Agency: Dakota County Employment and Economic Assistance


Resource Number: 36870243
Alternate name: Emergency Assistance - EA; Emergency Assistance; EA

Description
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. Applicant must have spent 50% of net income over the past 60 days on basic needs. 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.


Program Phones:
(651)554-5611Intake
(800)247-1056Toll free
(651)554-5748Fax
(651)554-5616TTY

Website: www.co.dakota.mn.us/HealthFamily/PublicAssistance/Emergency/Pages/default.aspx
Email: eeadocs@co.dakota.mn.us

Location information
Sites offering this program
+ Northern Service Center - Main Site ->
Northern Service Center - Main Site  
Location: 1 Mendota Road West, Suite 100
West Saint Paul 55118
Program Hours:
- Intake Hours: 8:30 am – 3 pm Monday - Friday

- Child Care Available for Conducting Business: 8:15 am – 12 noon and 1 pm - 4:15 pm Monday - Friday

- Office: 8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday

- Closed: Holidays
Disabilities Access: Accessible main entrance; accessible public restroom; designated handicapped parking
Mailing Address: 1 Mendota Road West, Suite 100, West Saint Paul, MN 55118

Program Delivery
Eligibility: Low-income families with at least 1 child under age 18 or up to age 19 if in high school, meet income under 200% of the Federal Poverty Guideline, and are residents of Dakota County
Languages: French; Romanian; Russian; Somali; Spanish; Thai; Vietnamese; interpreters available
Application Process: - Call for an application; email; mail or drop off an application to the Northern Service Center; visit website https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/ to apply and submit an application online

- Walk in to get an application at the Administration Center (Vital Statistics) 1590 Highway 55 Hastings, MN 55033

- Walk in to get an application at the Burnsville Workforce Center 2800 West County Road 42 Burnsville, MN 55337

- Walk in to get an application at the University of Minnesota Extension 4100 220th Street Farmington, MN 55024

- Walk in to get an application at the Western Service Center (Public Health or Social Services) 14955 Galaxie Avenue Apple Valley, MN 55124

Once application is received, a financial worker will call the applicant for a phone interview.
Program Fees: None
Documents Required: Eviction notice; utility disconnect; legal notice that the home is in foreclosure; verification of income; varies


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