You may be eligible for help, depending on your income and assets:

• Medical assistance
• Emergency shelter/utilities
• MFIP  (families with children)
• General assistance  (single adults)
• Group Residential Housing
• Food Support
• Long-term-care housing or assistance
• Minnesota Supplemental Aid (aged, blind, disabled)
• Representative payee

Call for information or stop in for an application to determine if you are eligible.  
Duluth: 218-726-2101, Virginia: 218-749-7137, Hibbing: 218-262-6000, Ely: 218-365-8220
or calll toll-free (800) 450-9777

Child support is a financial obligation of a parent not in the home to pay money for the support of his/her child(ren).  The Child Support office can assist with:

• Locating parents
• Establishing paternity
• Establishing or modifying orders for child support, medical services, and child care
• Enforcing support obligations
• Collecting current and past-due support

You can apply whether or not you are on public assistance.

Application Fees: $25 one-time fee (non-public assistance). There is no fee for those receiving public assistance.

Ongoing Fee: Some non-public assistance cases may be charged 1% fee for payments processed.

Call for information:  Duluth: 218-726-2016, Virginia: 218-749-7126 or calll toll-free (800) 450-9777

For general information about the Child Support program in Minnesota, go to Minnesota Department of Human Services Child Support website.

Parents who have Child Support cases managed by St Louis County can get information about their case at Minnesota Child Support Online.