Menominee Tribe's Commission on Aging to Meet Feb. 12 at 12:30 PM

The Menominee Tribe’s Commission on Aging is scheduled to meet today at 12:30 p.m., a session that will touch on elder services that directly affect daily life for tribal elders and their families. The tribe’s public meetings calendar lists the meeting as a "Commission on Aging Regular Meeting — Feb 12 2026 12:30PM — Aging & Long Term Care Office," but a separate community feed listed the meeting differently: "Tomorrow evening the Commission on Aging will meet at 12:30 PM at the South Branch Community Center." That conflicting location information should be checked with tribal staff before attending.

Commission of Aging business can influence local transportation, benefits assistance and service coordination. Minutes from a May 15, 2025 meeting show ADRC Aging Supervisor Ericka Kowalkowski reported that "2,139 trips were provided by Menominee Tribal Transit for the first quarter of 2025. $127,139.00 was received for the Specialized Transportation Assistance Grant from the State of Wisconsin." Those figures illustrate how transit funding and service delivery are recurring agenda items for the commission and why residents who rely on tribal transit or elder programs watch these meetings closely.

Practical details for attendees: the Commission of Aging serves as a joint Menominee County/Menominee Tribe service. The Commission of Aging office is located at N2222 White Cedar Rd, Middle Village, Wisconsin, and the office mailing address is P.O. Box 910, Keshena, Wisconsin 54135. The tribe-employed Benefit Specialist who assists elders with private and government benefit programs can be reached at (715)-799-5688. Local Aging, Disability and Resource Center contacts include the ADRC hotline 1-855-492-ADRC (2372) and the ADRC email adrc@adrcwolfriver.org.

A Menominee Tribal Clinic public service announcement on the tribe’s site noted limited staffing "between 11:00 am and 1" on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026; that window overlaps the meeting and could affect members who planned clinic visits before or after the session. If you intend to attend, consider confirming clinic hours as well as the meeting location.

Other tribal meetings and committee sessions are listed for the same day. The Tribal Consumer Financial Services Regulatory Authority is scheduled for 4:45 p.m. in the Dept of Lending & Tribal Taxes Meeting Room or via 8x8. Community feeds also list a Menominee Tribal Legislature meeting and several rescheduled committee sessions this afternoon and evening, some with Zoom access; the public meetings calendar "lists agenda links for attendees and members who want to review items before the meeting."

For confirmation, contact the tribe’s public meetings calendar or call the Commission of Aging Benefit Specialist at (715)-799-5688 or the ADRC hotline at 1-855-492-ADRC. Today’s meeting will show whether transportation funding, benefit navigation and coordination between county and tribal elder services will remain priorities this year, and residents who rely on those programs should monitor the outcomes and any posted minutes that follow.