General Welfare Assistance Payment
The Menominee Indian Tribe has authorized a $200 General Welfare Assistance payment to enrolled Menominee Tribal members who are 18 years and older as of December 1, 2022.
The funding source, related legalities, and reporting means that a required application form will need to be submitted to the Tribe in order to receive the payment.
The Tribal member portal is now available for tribal members to begin the process of filing for the $200 General Welfare Assistance payment.
Please visit https://menominee-nsn.gov/SecurePages/MembersOnly/MemberLogin.aspx to complete the application.
The computer lab at the Community Resource Center in Keshena is open for members to apply online, however, staff are not available to assist.
For those without computer access, applications can be downloaded here and are also available at the following locations:
- Menominee Tribal Office Switchboard;
- Licensing & Members Services Department in the Gordon Dickie (FIC) Building in Keshena;
- Keshena and Neopit Senior Meal Sites;
- Save-a Lot;
- Standing Pines Convenience Store;
- Wolf River Express Convenience Store;
- Menominee Tribal Clinic; and
- South Branch Community Center
Completed forms will be collected at the following sites only:
- Members Services Department;
- Aging & Long-Term Care; and
- Menominee Tribal Office
- Mail to
Licensing & Members Services Department
PO Box 910
Keshena WI 54135
Use of the portal is highly encouraged.
Tribal members living off reservation/out of state, who cannot access the portal or pick up a form, may call the Menominee Department of Administration at (715) 799-5154 to request a form be mailed to them. The form must then be mailed back to the Licensing & Member Services Department.
Tribal members will have from December 12, 2022 until June 16, 2023 to complete the request.
Checks will be mailed daily starting December 16, 2022 for those that have completed and submitted the required form.
Please allow up to ten (10) business days for the United States Postal Service for delivery.
These funds are tax exempt and do not need to be claimed on your taxes as it is not counted as income. The funds are not subject to intercept per Chapter 44 Debt Collection.
For more information contact Member Services at (715) 799-5121 or Tribal Administration at (715) 799-5154.
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