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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-05-04-HSC-min.pdf HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF MAY 4, 1982 Present Judy Zabin, Roberta Black, Ilene White, Howard Reynolds, Steve Baran, Tom Zarle, Nancy Zarle, also Bea Phear Steve made several announcements Committee members were invited to the Lexington Friends Community Auction on May 14 at 7 pm at Keilty Hall $2 00 Committee members were invited to the Mystic Valley annual dinner on Wednesday May 26 at 6 30 pm at the VFW Hall, $6 25 Youth Judy and Roberta reported on their visit to RePlace/Youth Commission joint meeting Bea had also attended Judy and Roberta left with an uncertaintly of where this would go next, and a feeling that the Youth Commission was unfocused as to its direction Bea was enthusiastic about the idea of a Youth Awareness week and will have an intern who could help coordinate it, if the Youth Commission wanted to sponsor Ilene urged that it be further expanded into Family Awareness Week Bea had envisioned a series of small group discussions to help parents with limit setting and to give them some mutual support at the same time as listening to kids views on how late their curfews should be =or how much money they needed Also this would be an opportunity for the Youth Commission to discover areas that needed change, such as the hours the lights are on at the ball field Judy was concerned that Bea saw too much homogeneity in the Town, and the facilitators would have to be very careful not to give the impression there was a "right" way Council on Aging Howard visited the CoA last week, to discuss the providers council ideas Joan Melcher already is part of a group of elderly providers that meets regularly, including Minuteman Home Care, Symmes, Mystic Valley and CoA committees to discuss clients and programs Additionallly the local area CoA coordinators get together from time to time Joan told him that the High School will be offering credit for a friendly visitor training program, and she suggested using kids for odd jobs, or a spaghetti dinner as a fund raising idea for RePlace She would be happy to get to know other agencies better, especially inter- generational Providers Council The first providers council meeting was scheduled for breakfast on Tuesday, June 8 at 7 30 am in the Selectmen's meeting room. Nancy volunteered to be incharge of refreshments Ilene had spoken with Jane Tapia of the VNA who was enthusiastic about the council idea, as had been Mystic Valley and RePlace The committee agreed that a focus was needed, and decided that the first meeting would be for introductions and discussing goals of the council Roberta suggested that that group could plan for Awareness week Tom pointed out that there a various levels agencies, civic and community groups (eg LWV, Lions, Churches) and very informal support groups, such as bridge clubs We will start with the first group, and Ilene suggested asking them what kind of coordination they wanted Judy felt that one important goal would be to encourage working together rather than competing for shrinking dollars Steve pointed out that one of the things these discussions could lead to would be the development of a new program, despite shrinking dollars Howard mentioned that most of the agencies have both boards and staff; which did we invite? We decided to start with staff of the more formal agencies that are primary providers within Lexington, although their headquarters may not be located in town We woudl ask them to come prepared to make a two minute presentation to the rest of the group and to bring literature Bea will rewrite the letter of invitation, and suggest bringing or mailing their responses to the questionnaire, which will be discussed at the first meeting Nancy and Bea will decide the guest list, after receiving some suggestions from other committee members Bea reported that Marcia Feakes had called requesting joint sponsorship of a meeting on health block grants, with the League and the Health Department That might be a topic for the second providers council meeting Mystic Valley Hours The Board of Appeals has not yet received the request from Mystic Valley regarding an extension of their special permit for extended hours The Committee tabled discussion pending the application Next Meeting May 18, 1982 room 201, 7 30 pm We will probably start with the Youth Commission in room 111 Respectfully Submitted, } ' Beatrice Rhear enclosed invitation revised, and list of invitees