"We help families bounce and not break"

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Spare Key provides mortgage and rental assistance to families in four states —Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and South Dakota — who have a family member with a serious illness or critical injury requiring hospitalization.

What makes our program unique?

We have no income guidelines.  A child’s medical crisis is as devastating for a low income family as it is for a family of greater financial means.  In the end, we can all use the gift of time!

We operate statewide.  No matter what part of the state you live, Spare Key is an available resource to help you and your family “Bounce and not Break”.

We are there no matter the illness or injury.  A family whose child is fighting cancer, battling mental illness, struggling to recover from a complex injury or trying overcome a chronic illness is a family Spare Key has served and will continue to serve.

We make it easy.  There are no pages of paperwork.  No personal screening meetings with a caseworker.  No piles of records or receipts.  Just a short application and a release form to confirm your mortgage or rental status.

Here are just some of the statistics on the children and families we serve:

Illness Children Assisted
Birth Defects 47%
Cancer 16%
Prematurity 13%
Leukemia 10%
Accidents 10%
Contracted Sudden Illness 4%
Chronic Illness 1%
Age Children Assisted
16 – 18 years 4%
11 – 15 years 14%
6 – 10 years 9%
3 – 5 years 18%
1 – 2 years 17%
Under 1 year of age 38%

Spare Key prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, or sexual orientation. Inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policy may be directed to Spare Key Executive Director Erich Mische: Erich@sparekey.org.