The Board of Commissioners for the Social Development Commission, or SDC, will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, as services for many low-income Milwaukee families remain in limbo following the SDC’s abrupt suspension of services in late April.
SDC closed and laid off its employees over two weeks ago, a move that William Sulton, the SDC’s attorney, has called a “pause” in operations until the board determines steps to reopen the agency.
Thursday’s meeting will be held at the African American Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin, 1920 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Since mid-April, the board has been meeting on a weekly basis (virtually or in-person) on Thursdays, instead of its usual monthly schedule.
Here’s where you can go to learn more about the SDC’s closing and where to go for services:
4 Takeaways from Thursday’s SDC Board of Commissioners meeting
Leaders, community members weigh in on the SDC’s shutdown
What you need to know about services after SDC’s abrupt closing
What you need to know if you used the SDC to file income taxes
What do you want to know?
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Meredith Melland is the neighborhoods reporter for the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service and a corps member of Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. Report for America plays no role in editorial decisions in the NNS newsroom.
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