The West Virginia State Dollar is hosted by Justin Southern and Lisa Comer. Justin is the Director
of Communications at the Auditor's Office and Lisa is Director of the Auditing Division.
Guests: State Auditor Glen B. Gainer III and West Virginia Bureau of
Senior Services Commissioner Sandra Vanin, Ed. D.
Commissioner Vanin and Auditor Gainer tape an interview at the 2007 Senior Expo in Charleston to
speak about the new programs undertaken by the bureau this year. Projects covered during the
interview include the new Lighthouse Program, FAIR (Families with Alzheimer’s In-home Respite)
and the Medicare Prescription Drug Call Center.
Guests:
US Social Securities Administration Public Affairs Specialist Robert Jeffries and WVSAO
Communications Director Justin Southern.
Mr. Jefferies discusses the most frequently asked questions posed to him, with close to
414,000 West Virginia receiving monthly checks from Social Security totaling about $365
million per month. For the average worker, Social Security will replace about 43% of their
pre-retirement dollars at retirement age. Later in the conversation, Mr. Jefferies discusses
the present outlook for Social Security.
