Crow Wing County Community Services
Resource Name:Crow Wing County Community Services
County Programs for Health Care Financial Assistance
address
204 Laurel St, Brainerd, MN 56401
Eligibility
Check specific program guidelines for requirements.
Hours
8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday
(218) 824-1140
Voice
(888) 772-8211
Voice
Site Service Area
Crow Wing County
Other Information
Specialization
- Children and/or youth with disabilities
- Disabilities
- Older adults
- People with low income
- Refugees
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, 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
10/20/2026
What's Here
Medicare Savings ProgramsUndocumented PeopleBurial/Cremation Expense AssistanceChildren and Youth With Disabilities/Health ConditionsMedicaid ApplicationsState Health Programs for ImmigrantsPeople With Disabilities/Health ConditionsRefugees/Entrants/AsyleesVictims of Human TraffickingHealth Insurance Premium AssistanceMedicaid Buy In ProgramsInternational StudentsMedical Care Expense AssistanceLow IncomePoverty LevelMedicaidImmigrantsMedicaid RecipientsEmergency Room CarePeople Without Health InsuranceMedicare Beneficiaries
Providing organization
Crow Wing County Community Services
Crow Wing County Human Services