Benefit Specialists
A benefit specialist is a person trained to help older people who are having a problem with their private or government benefits. Benefit Specialists are often called “Red Tape Cutters” because they are experts at helping older people with the extensive and complicated paperwork that is often required in benefit programs.
They help older persons figure out what benefits they are entitled to and tell them what they must do to receive them. Benefit specialists are continually trained and monitored by attorneys knowledgeable in elderly law.
To make an appointment or for more information contact:
Amy (Zepczyk) Janecek, C.S.W.
Ashland County Elderly Benefit Specialist
Hours & Locations:
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Tuesdays & Wednesdays at
Aging and Disability Resource of the North–Ashland County Branch
at Ashland County Health & Human Services
630 Sanborn Avenue
Ashland, WI 54806
715-682-7004 ext. 140
Toll free: 1-866-663-3607 ext. 233
Thursdays and Fridays at
Ashland County Aging Unit, Inc.
400 Chapple Ave. Ste. 100
Ashland, WI 54806
715-682-4414 ext.2
Toll free: 1-888-682-7672 ext. 2
Mondays—site visits 10 a.m.—1 p.m. at
Sanborn, United Methodist Church—the first Monday of every month
Mellen, Senior Center—the second Monday of each month
Butternut, Brookside Housing—the third Monday of each month
Glidden, Senior Center— the fourth Monday of each month
