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• Philip Doyle, LCSW, interim social work while hire process temporarily on hold while the Town determines need for services. • Youth and Family partnered with Recreation to provide additional Recreation Scholarships for low income residents. • Providing information and referrals, assistance with benefit applications, financial needs assessment, and assistance with Food Pantry applications. • Noting an increase in complex cases with multiple financial and social needs. • Scheduled community Narcan training to be held on Monday November 13. Transportation Services: • Transportation Manager position is vacant. • Working on programming for Middle School students to learn to ride Lexpress. • Taxi voucher program going strong, serving well over 500 seniors. Veterans Services: • Bedford continues to have high number of Chapter 115 cases (low income) — Lexington now has about 10 cases. Gina Rada, Veterans Services District Director notes a large number of intake and referral clients and those asking for assistance with Federal cases. Discussed the Age Friendly Community initiative, the Human Services Department will ask for funding for this program in FY 2019. Discussed the need to tie in Age Friendly with mental health — making sure the focus in on all ages in our community. Developed a plan to meet with the Lexington Schools Prevention staff(Julie Fenn and Kristie Demirev) at the next Human Services Committee meeting to help understand what the schools are doing. Discussed the Board of Selectmen, School Committee joint meeting to be held on September 27, 2017. This will be a 2 hour meeting to discuss mental health services in Lexington. Human Services Committee members encouraged to attend. Next meeting: October 25, 2017 at 7—8:45 pm at the Community Center.