HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-01-19-HSC-min.pdf HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Minutes of the meeting of January 19 ). 1981
Present Steve Baran, Nicky Osborne , Howard Levingston, Ruth Butler,
Ruth Nablo; also Nancy Banks and Bea Phear
Nancy announced that Bob Hutchinson had recommended to the Selectmen
that they put CMARC on the Warrant as a separate article
Mystic Valley
Nicky reported on her review of MV' s response to the December 11 questions
of the Manager She presented a draft of recommendations to the Selectmen
which included two functions for Mystic Valley Information and Referral,
and consultation and clinical services The Committee decided to recommend
that a contract be developed with the incoming Executive Director for
consultation/clinical services The issue of I&R was felt to be better
as a Town function and would be discussed at a later date
Minutes
The minutes were approved as corrected
RePlace
Steve and Howard gave their comments which were to be incorporated as
concerns to be discussed with RePlace It was decided that the Committee
would recommend funding the RePlace request and moving towards a contractual
arrangement Concerns were raised re staff burnout, salary levels, and
a need to refine their evaluation and reporting Ruth Butler also
commented that the training manual, although an extensive discussion
about technique and method, had no discussion about characteristics of
adolescence and diagnostic issues Ruth Nablo asked if the emergency
funding could be used for RePlace if they underestimated their needs
Howard thought not
CMARC
Ruth Nablo read her report, and she and Ruth Butler described their visit
last week They were impressed with Eric Wells, the procurement officer,
and with Sheri McCann Their recommendations were incorporated
Agenda
It was decided that the next meeting would be devoted to working out a
long-term agenda
Respectfully submitted,
Beatrice Phear