Families with low incomes experiencing household emergencies such as evictions, foreclosures, utility shutoffs or other household emergencies may qualify for this cash-grant program.
Services/Topics EligibilityApplicants must meet income guidelines to qualify.
Emergency Assistance is a cash-grant program to help you resolve an emergency situation.
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Apply online in 20 minutes or less at MNbenefits.mn.gov
Apply in person for Emergency Assistance at your local county or Tribal Nation human services office.
Counties and Tribal Nations can add their own rules about who can get Emergency Assistance and how often.
Emergency Assistance is a cash-grant program to help you resolve an emergency situation. The grant may not cover the entire cost of the emergency, but can help.
The Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) helps families with children meet their basic needs, while helping parents move to financial stability through work. Caregivers are expected to work and are supported with both cash and food assistance.
The Diversionary Work Program (DWP) is a four-month program that helps Minnesota caregivers find jobs. The goal is to help caregivers quickly find work so that they do not need to go on the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP). Caregivers get help paying for housing and other bills, along with employment services to help them find full-time work.
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps, helps Minnesotans with low incomes, including temporary low incomes, get the food they need for nutritious and well-balanced meals. The program provides extra support to help stretch a household's food budget and is not meant to cover all the groceries a family needs.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) program provides free employment and education training and support for people getting SNAP benefits.
