What We Do

Aging Services administers a variety of community-based programs for the aging population through contracts and grants of state and federal funds. The programs administered include Older Americans Act, congregate and home-delivered meals, caregiver programs, in-home services, Senior Care Act services, and the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).

Aging Services oversees and implements grants that assist individuals who are aging or have a disability under Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas (SHICK), Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP), and Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA). The SHICK program assists individuals with questions related to Medicare. The SMP program educates the community about reporting Medicare/Medicaid and health-care fraud and abuse, and how to identify and report scams. The MIPPA program allocates funding for increased outreach to Medicare beneficiaries, the bulk of which is targeted at coordinating, educating and enrolling low-income Medicare beneficiaries and the free Medicare Preventive services.

Aging Leadership & Staff

David Anderson
Aging Services Commissioner
david.anderson@ks.gov

Central Office Staff

Chris Merriweather
Medicare Grants Coordinator
chris.merriweather@ks.gov

Jami Boone
SMP Program Coordinator
JamiM.Boone@ks.gov

Janet Boskill
Medicare Grants Coordinator
janet.boskill@ks.gov

Jenny Shipman
MPH, Dementia Program Manager
jenny.shipman@ks.gov

Liz Anderson
PACE Program Consultant
elizabeth.anderson@ks.gov

Jennifer Barr
PACE Program Consultant
jennifer.barr@ks.gov

Tressie Lewis
Medicare Program Consultant
tressier.lewis@ks.gov

Heather Driver
OAA/SCA Program Manager

heather.driver@ks.gov

Cody Scheck
Nutrition and Health Promotion Program Manager