Chanda Wingo is the Director of the Franklin County Office on Aging. She previously served as the Assistant Director of Operations for the Office on Aging, has more than 12 years’ experience working for Franklin County Health and Human services agencies. Prior to coming onboard at the Office on Aging, she served as Deputy Director of Customer Service at Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services (FCDJFS) where she was successful transforming, innovating, and improving service delivery for diverse populations of residents in need of support due to poverty. In addition to her work with FCDJFS, Wingo has been an advocate for changes in policy, processes, and practices as a member of the commissioners’ Racial Equity Council Operations Workgroup. Wingo’s passion and commitment to comprehend barriers to racial equity and execute organizational change has allowed her to collaborate internally across multiple departments, allowing for the real-time exchange of information, updates, and effective staff training curricula to best serve Franklin County residents.

The Franklin County Office on Aging supports older adults, dependent adults, and their family members by providing resources that ensure safe and healthy environments and a responsive community to improve independent living among the county’s aging residents. The agency provides “one-stop shopping” through its Senior Options program for people needing information, advocacy, or access to a wide range of services including adult protective services that prevent, remedy and reduce situations that endanger vulnerable older adults. The agency also provides kinship support to caregivers 55 years of age or older, as well as caregiver support that can assist with a variety of free short-term services.