Sherburne County Health & Human Services
County Programs for Health Care Financial Assistance
13880 Business Center Dr NW, Ste 100, Elk River, MN 55330
Eligibility
Check specific program guidelines for requirements.
Hours
8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday
(763) 765-4000
Voice
Email[email protected]
Application process
Community Outreach provides a mobile office at St. Cloud, Elk River and Zimmerman locations to help with:
- Food and cash programs
- Evictions and disconnects
- Housing
- Child care assistance
- Child support
- Health care assistance
- Social service and public health programs (such as parenting, mental health, disability, and aging)
Site Service Area
Sherburne County
Other Information
Specialization
- Children and/or youth with disabilities
- Older adults
- Refugees
- Disabilities
- People with low income
County programs that can help cover the cost of health care include:
- Emergency Medical Assistance (EMA): Covers the cost of emergency medical care for people with low-incomes
- Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MA-EPD): Work incentive that allows people with disabilities to work and keep their Medical Assistance (MA)
- Medical Assistance (MA): Minnesota's Medicaid program that provides health care coverage to low-income children, families, pregnant women, adults without children apply online, people 65 or older apply online, and people with disabilities apply online
- Medical Assistance - Tax Equity Fairness and Responsibility Act (MA-TEFRA): An insurance option for children with disabilities who live with their parent(s), need a high level of care, and whose parents have too much income for their child to qualify for MA
- Medicare Savings Programs - Service Limited Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB), Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB), Qualified Individual (QI) and Qualified Working Disabled (QWD): Programs help people on Medicare who have low-to-modest incomes to pay for Medicare premiums and sometimes other Medicare costs
- Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA): A Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) that provides health care insurance coverage to refugees with low income
- County Burial Assistance: Financial assistance with final expenses when families don't have the resources themselves. County workers will assess for eligibility for burial and other expenses.
Last Update
04/22/2026
What's Here
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Providing organization
Sherburne County Health & Human Services