Legal Services/Elderly Benefit Specialists

As a partner with county and tribal aging programs, GWAAR is your resource for up-to-date information, training, and technical support to help you provide high quality legal services to the older people who rely on them. 

Wisconsin county and tribal aging programs can get legal services support and technical assistance by contacting any member of GWAAR’s Legal Services/Elderly Benefit Specialist Program team. Team members are: Jayne Mullins, Sandy Martin, and Lyndsay DeKeyser. Click here to contact the team.

The following are resources for county and tribal aging program staff:

Benefit Specialist Program Information

Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups’ Elder Law: http://cwag.org/legal

Wisconsin Department of Health Services: http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov

State of Wisconsin:  https://access.wisconsin.gov

SeniorLAW:  http://www.badgerlaw.net/Home/PublicWeb/SrLAW

Judicare:  http://www.judicare.org/

Benefit Specialist Program Statistics:

Legal Services - Number and Percentage of Clients Served

Policies & Procedures/Forms:

Benefit Specialist Handbook- 2007

Also see The Wisconsin Aging Network: A Manual of Policies, Procedures, and Technical Assistance – Chapter 9: Elderly Benefit Specialist Program. This publication is available in Aging offices.

Benefit Specialist Education/Training/Technical Support: 

Benefit Specialist Training Master Calendar