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Program: Emergency General Assistance - EGA

Agency: Dakota County Employment and Economic Assistance


Resource Number: 36870258
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 applicant must have spent 50% of their net income over the past 60 days on basic needs. 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 adults without dependent children who are in an emergency situation, income must be under 200% of the Federal Poverty Guideline, and are residents of Dakota County
Languages: French; 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 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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