Important Updates:
The KDADS website has a new look but the same information you rely on. This is the NEW official KDADS website.
The KDADS website has a new look but the same information you rely on. This is the NEW official KDADS website.
The SHICK program would not be able to serve the Medicare beneficiaries of Kansas if it were not for the coordinators and counselors that we have across the State.
In an effort to reach the Medicare beneficiary at the local level, we have 12 Subgrantees statewide. Each of these subgrantees chooses a person who becomes the SHICK coordinator. This person is critical in the effective and efficient operation of the SHICK program. Without them, very little would be accomplished.
Each coordinator is responsible for recruiting SHICK counselors. These people are at the most local level. There are over 350 SHICK counselors across the 105 counties of Kansas. As well as recruiting volunteers, the coordinators recruit SHICK partners as counselors. These are people who take our training to assist them in doing a better job for the Medicare beneficiaries that they see each day.
There are several things that our volunteer and partner Counselors are not and it is important that beneficiaries understand this.