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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-08-15-HSC-min.pdf HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Minutes of the Meeting of August 15, 1983 Present Steve Baran, Roberta Black, Howard Reynolds, Judy Zabin. Enablement Subcommittee David Enman. Guests John Longo and Beth Jones of Concord Area Crisis Center and Marilyn Abel and Judith Goldner of Sing-Along Chorus Nancy Luhman, Lexington Minute-Man. Crisis Intervention Beth Jones stated that beginning October 1 crisis response for mental health emergencies will be centered at the Choate Symmes Hospital Their approach emphasizes outreach in the client 's home and close working relationships with local agencies including the police, fire department, and schools. John Longo who has operational responsibility for the Choate-Symmes center will be invited to attend meetings of the Providers' Council and an upcoming planning session for a cable television program on adolescents. Trustees of Public Trusts Steve reported that the Trustees of Public Trusts had lo- cated $2,000 in annual interest from trusts which could be earmarked for indigent or poor people. Sing-Along Chorus and Woburn Council for Social Concern requests could not yet be honored unless it could be shown that poor people were the beneficiaries. The Committee asked Steve to in- quire further as to the availability of "unrestricted" funds for human service purposes. Sing Along Marilyn Abel explained in detail the recreational, thera- peutic, and philosophical aspects of the Sing Along venture. The Committee supported her efforts quite affirmatively while urging her and Judith Goldner to focus more in the future on attempts to quantify such matters as time spent on planning, keeping records, reaching out to families, and budget. Replace Steve could report no new developments on attempts to obtain funding for Replace from the Department of Social Services Since the meeting it has been learned from Mo- nique Doelling, Program Development Specialist from the Ar- lington area office, that Public-Private-Partnership funds have been frozen. Mystic Valley Mental Health Center The wording of contract for Mystic Valley as slightly re- vised by Dr Weiss was approaved by the Committee.