KOOTASCA Community Action
Founded by local citizens in 1965, KOOTASCA Community Action helps individuals, families, and communities fight the multiple causes and challenges of poverty.
- Through comprehensive crisis support, anti-poverty services, and partner referral, we help people to help themselves make meaningful change in their lives and journey out of poverty.
- Our mission, “Building Community to End Poverty,” is a collaborative effort with our community to change attitudes and mindsets about poverty, to change the systems that affect people in poverty, and to engage all community members in creating a community that provides opportunities for everyone.
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KOOTASCA's Energy Assistance Program (EAP)
This program is for income eligible households in Itasca & Koochiching County, and can help to:
✅ Pay towards your electric, natural gas, propane, oil, firewood, etc.
✅ Provide additional crisis assistance for households experiencing a heating or electric emergency
✅ Provide Energy Related Repair (ERR) to homeowners who are experiencing a life-threatening situation or a no-heat emergency due to a malfunctioning or nonfunctioning heating system.
You can apply:
🚶 In person at our offices in Grand Rapids and International Falls
📬 By mail (request an application to be mailed to you or print from our website)
💻 Online at energy-assistance.web.commerce.state.mn.us/
💁 For more information, please contact our Energy Assistance Department at 218-999-0824 or eap.support.info@kootasca.org
⚠️ If you have an after hours no-heat crisis, please call our emergency Energy Assistance line at 888-249-8879.