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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-10-25-HSC-min.pdf HUMAN SERVE CE S COME TTEE Minutes of the Meeting of October 25, 1982 Present Steve Baran, Judy Zabin, Roberta Black, Ilene White, Tom Zarle , Nancy Zarle, Bea Phear, Renee Hatten , student intern Minutes The minutes of the meeting of October 12 were ammended Page 2, paragraph 2 The committee had discussed prioritizing their recommendations to the Selectmen, but had come to no firm decision regarding prioritizing if the process were not to be opened up to other applicant agencies Sub-Committees The town has received funding requests from Mystic Valley, CMARC, and RePlace, which Bea has forwarded to the sub-committees Steve and Bea met with the CoA subcommittee last week and Skip Reynolds is trying to reach the CoA chair, George Harris , to plan to have the subcommittee attend the next CoA meeting on November 9 They plan to work with Bea in making thier recommendations Steve requested that the subcommittee be prepared to make preliminary reports as follows RePlace and Mystic Valley on November 8; CMARC and CoA on November 22 Recommendations will go to the Selectmen by Xmas Outside Requests After the discussion at the last meeting, Steve talked to Jim Crain and, at his recommendation, to Steve Politi about the possibility of opening up the funding request process to other agencies that might be serving the town Both Selectmen approved the idea, especially to gain insight into new areas of need Both had felt it important to not give the impression of trying to stimulate town funding, nor that a determination had been made in advance to forstall an agency getting the type of funding they had received in the past The arguments in favor of opening the process are to assist in needs assessment and to potentially locate a program that is worthwhile The arguments against are that there is a danger that people will think the committee is trying to pump up human services , that it will create false expectations , and that it might prove too much to evaluate It was decided to put a press release in the Minuteman, sending a copy to the providers list, that requests a one page statement of goals and objectives, with a price tag attached if needed The press release would address the concerns of the Selectmen and point out some of the criteria for funding Bea will draft a release, checking with Nancy and Roberta, for the November 4 newspaper The deadline for requests will be November 19 Providers Council Renee distributed a draft agenda for the next providers council meetings, which outlined three potential tracks task force/small groups to discuss articulated gaps; agency spotlight series; group discussion on prepared questions It was felt that there needed to be some continuity in agendas from one meeting to the next, and that the agency personnel did not yet' know each other enough to plunge into discussion It was decided to modify Renee ' s second option, with a focus on crisis intervention, spotlighting several agencies around that subject Perhaps a case can be presented, and general discussion arise after a panel discussion Judy pointed up the danger of getting too clinical, which would be a duplication of the elderly and adolescent ongoing case management groups The next providers council meeting will be scheduled for December 6 A panel of presenters will be selected by Renee around the issue of crisis The issue of information and referral will be addressed by the committee after the budget period Enablement Dave Enman hadplanned to come to the meeting, but was ill The group has decided to look at two buildings first in a study of the town, and also has other project ideas Bea and Steve felt that they were moving along, but were having trouble congeling as a working committee, in part because health considerations make attendance irregular They are also continuing to assess the question of subcommittee or independent status Respectfully Submitted, Beatrice Phear Human Services Coordinator