help when you need it
If you’re about to lose your home or have utilities shut off, Emergency Assistance may be able to help. You may qualify for Emergency Assistance if:
- Can’t pay your rent or mortgage
- You have received an eviction notice
- You received a foreclosure notice
- Your family is living in a shelter or temporary place
- You received a disconnect notice for your utilities
- Your heat or electricity is shut off
- Lost your home through fire, flood, or natural disaster
CALL 1-800-771-8420
how to apply
You can apply for Emergency Assistance in person at our office in your county. Click here to get our address.
You can get a copy of the Emergency Assistance application below:
- English Emergency Assistance Application
- Solicitud de Asistencia para Casos de Emergencia
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If we don’t have a W-2 office in your county, click here to use the W-2 agency locator.
Where we offer Emergency Assistance

- Adams
- Brown
- Calumet
- Columbia
- Dane
- Dodge
- Door
- Florence
- Fond du Lac
- Forest
- Grant
- Green
- Green Lake
- Iowa
- Jefferson
- Juneau
- Kewaunee
- Lafayette
- Langlade
- Lincoln
- Manitowoc
- Marathon
- Marinette
- Marquette
- Menominee
- Oconto
- Oneida
- Outagamie
- Portage
- Price
- Richland
- Rock
- Sauk
- Shawano
- Sheboygan
- Taylor
- Vilas
- Waupaca
- Waushara
- Winnebago
- Wood

CALL 1-800-771-8420