Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging (JAAA) is a nonprofit organization established in September 1976 that seeks to enhance the quality of life experienced by older citizens in three counties in northeastern Kansas. The agency works under the aegis of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS), formerly the Kansas Department on Aging (KDOA).

JAAA is responsible for developing and implementing plans to satisfy the needs of older adults and to help remove barriers to older adults living independently and participating in community life. The agency accomplishes these goals by determining the need for social services, particularly for low-income and minority elderly; evaluating the effectiveness of services provided; establishing objectives and priorities for implementation of the area plan through development of specific action steps in line with objectives established by KDADS and its predecessor state agency; providing action programs that coordinate delivery of existing services for elderly individuals directly or through contracting and grant funding; providing and pooling untapped resources of public and private agencies to establish new services for older adults; conducting public hearings regarding the needs of the elderly as well as public hearings on the area plan; and collecting and disseminating information about elderly needs.

Services provided by the agency and its subcontractors include nutrition, transportation, legal services, personal care, case management, in-home services, information and referral, health screening clinics, and senior centers.

JAAA's board of directors consists of ten members representing the cities of Topeka and Lawrence, and Shawnee, Douglas, and Jefferson counties. The agency is also overseen by an advisory council with members from each county. The agency's staff has included an executive director, a program manager, a program coordinator, an outreach manager, a fiscal manager, and a secretary. JAAA's funding comes from KDADS, which in turn receives funding from Older Americans Act Title III funds administered via the Administration on Aging branch of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Area service providers that receive funding from JAAA have included Catholic Community Services, Community Action, Douglas County Senior Services (DCSS), Jayhawk Legal Services, Jefferson County Health Department, Meals on Wheels (MoW or MOW), Older Citizens’ Information, Papan’s Landing Senior Center, and Topeka LULAC Multipurpose Senior Center.