Johnson County Kansas

At its November meeting, the Commission on Aging presented the 2024 Peg Deaton Leadership in Aging Award.

The Commission on Aging will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, in room 1070/1075 and Wednesday, Feb. 12, in room 1055 at the Sunset Drive Office Building, 11811 S. Sunset Drive, Olathe. For more information, call 913-715-8860 or 800-766-3777 TDD or visit jocogov.org/coa.

The Kansas Silver Haired Legislature is a unicameral (one-chambered) legislature composed of 125 representatives across the state. SHL delegates are 60 years or older and are elected from their county of residence.

During the Oct. 9, 2024, Commission on Aging Legislative Breakfast and Meeting, the COA Legislative Committee presented its 2025 Legislative Platform. The platform outlines the COA’s position on legislative issues and is a guide for its advocacy efforts.

For a second year, Johnson County Government will provide relief payments up to the county’s portion of property taxes to qualifying seniors 65 and older and veterans with disabilities.

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The Board of County Commissioners created the Johnson County Sustainability Coalition and the Johnson County Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coalition in 2023. At the one-year anniversary mark, both coalitions are excited to share their progress

The 2023 approval of a two-year Board of County Commissioners priority on affordable housing has spurred major progress in assisting those whose housing is unstable, cost-burdened homeowners and those who find themselves somewhere in between.

There are many exciting updates happening all over Johnson County! Here are some of the major projects coming up and some updates on current projects from several Johnson County Government departments.

The Winter 2024 issue of JoCo Magazine is now available. You can read the online edition now or the print edition when it hits your mailbox.