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Catholic Charities provides emergency services to the central Minnesota area.

Emergency services can include basic everyday essentials such as clothing or cookware, access to healthy meals for you and your family and financial assistance.


What to bring:

If this is your first time visiting Catholic Charities Emergency Services, it’s helpful to bring the following items. Participants will not be refused service without these items. If you have visited Emergency Services in the last year and your file is current, please provide a photo ID.


  • Identification for everyone in your household; Driver's license, state-issued ID card, medical insurance card or birth certificate
  • Your address and all individuals residing at the address
  • Knowledge of income to determine TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) eligibility.
  • Bringing your own boxes and bags is encouraged.

Basic Everyday Essentials

The Basic Everyday Essentials program serves individuals living in the Diocese of St. Cloud and helps those in need with the basic essentials of daily living. This includes seasonally and work-appropriate clothing, bedding, towels, cookware and dinnerware.


  • Essentials are available to households in need on a one time per calendar month basis.
  • Items are available at no cost.
  • Availability of items is dependent upon donations.
  • Identification is requested when accessing your account to tell you apart from other persons with a similar name and for maintaining accurate records. 


Please call us to discuss emergency requests for additional serves in a month. 

Catholic Charities Emergency Services requests that you make an appointment at least 24 hours in advance of your visit.


Please allow one (1) hour between Food Shelf and Basic Everyday Essentials appointments. For assistance in making your appointment, please call (320) 229-4567. We do our best to accommodate walk-ins during program hours on a first come, first served basis. Walk-ins should arrive at least 2 hours before our closing time to be fully served. 

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Contact the Basic Everyday Essentials Program

Catholic Charities Basic Everyday Essentials

Phone: (320) 229-4560

Toll-Free: 800-830-8254

Email: emergencyservices@ccstcloud.org

Fax:  (320) 229-4562

Hours

Monday: 9 am – 3 pm

Wednesday: 11 am – 7 pm

Friday: 9 am – 3 pm

Location

157 Roosevelt Rd

Ste 100

St. Cloud, MN 56301

Food Shelf

Catholic Charities Emergency Services Food Shelf provides access to healthy food for people faced with missing meals. We connect people able and willing to help, with those facing challenges in meeting their own or their family’s basic needs.


Catholic Charities is SuperShelf certified – a location that excels at providing a welcoming environment for communities to access appealing, healthy food.

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Financial Assistance

Catholic Charities Emergency Financial Assistance provides immediate, short-term assistance to individuals and families in financial crisis.


We may be able to help your family with items such as fuel cards, transportation, apartment application fees, prescriptions, birth certificates, or state IDs/driver's license renewals.


Payments are made to vendors; no cash is exchanged.

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In-Home Program

Catholic Charities In-Home Program is part of our services to persons with developmental disabilities. We also serve those with brain injuries. Our program helps with the development and reinforcement of personal care and daily living skills. We work on skills one on one, in group settings, in the community and in the home of those served.

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