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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 10/2017

EMERGENCY AID ELIGIBILITY - CASH ASSISTANCE

0004.03

MFIP, DWP, MSA, GRH: No provisions.

SNAP: See 0004.04 (Emergency Aid Eligibility - SNAP/Expedited Food).

GA: See EGA.

EGA: To receive Emergency General Assistance (EGA) a unit must meet ALL the following conditions:

● Have not used EGA within 12 months following each use after 7-1-03. Anyone in the unit receiving EGA makes the entire unit ineligible for the 12-month period. Also, see 0004.01 (Emergencies - Program Provisions).

● Be in an emergency situation in which it is without, or will lose within 30 days after application, a BASIC NEED item as defined in 0002.05 (Glossary: Assistance Standard...). An emergency situation must require immediate financial assistance. The financial assistance required by the emergency must be temporary and must not exceed 30 days.

● Have an emergency that threatens the unit members’ health or safety and meet the written criteria adopted by the county agency.

● The applicant and family, if any, must have a current net income under 200% of the federal poverty guidelines for the previous year. See 0016.18.01 (200 Percent of Federal Poverty Guidelines).

● The unit must not have received or be eligible for emergency aid from the County Consolidated Fund within 12 months of application for EGA.

● At least 1 person in the EGA unit must meet GA or GRH citizenship or immigration status requirements listed under 0011.03 (Citizenship and Immigration Status).

● For a single person, a childless married couple, or a family, at least 1 person must have lived in Minnesota for at least 30 days.

● The unit must not currently be eligible for or receiving MFIP.

● Disqualification from GA or MFIP must not have caused the emergency.

● Eligibility may not exceed 30 days.

● Aid is subject to the availability of funds.