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Shawnee County Extension reports VITA and Medicare counseling results, seeks volunteers
Summary
Shawnee County Extension presented its quarterly report: Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites processed 2,094 returns and returned roughly $661,000 to residents; extension staff also detailed Medicare counseling savings and ongoing youth and nutrition programs and asked for volunteer recruitment.
Candace Stiles, Shawnee County extension director, and family and consumer sciences agent Adalie Tompkins presented the extension office’s quarterly report at the May 4 Shawnee County Board of County Commissioners work session.
Tompkins described Medicare counseling during open enrollment, saying counselors helped clients compare Part D options and reported a combined client savings figure of $63,782. "So it's a very rewarding program for me to see, like, oh, hey, you're gonna…
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