HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-11-19-HSC-min.pdf HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Minutes of the Meeting of November 19, 1984
Present Roberta Black, Judy Zabin, Leonora Zola, David Budding, Ed Foley,
C.C. Chao, Sheila Martin, Marion Shepp, Stan Finkelstein, Bea Phear
Christine Boisvert
MR Housing
The committee has been invited to speak at the Selectmen's meeting at 8 05 p m.
Roberta will read the memo to the Selectmen It was decided to take a position
on the need for such housing but not on the specific site
Minutes
The minutes of the meeting of November 5 were approved as mailed.
RePlace
Ed and Sheila reported on the RePlace budget request. Last year the RePlace
budget was $106,733, with $52,064 requested of the Town For FY1986 they plan
a budget of $117,530, and request $62,861 from Lexington. This represents a
salary increase of 7% and a new part time position of coordinator of volunteers
It is a 20% increase in Town funding from FY 1985
The volunteer position relates to volunteering for elderly Sheila discovered
that there may be some overlap with the SPANS program run collaboratively between
the High School and the CoA, but it may be targetted at different adolescents
Bea pointed out that SPANS has some trouble locating appropriate elderly for a
visiting type program, but chore assistnace such as leaf raking would be welcome
It is not clear what Replace envisions Leonora pointed out that there are other
ways for adolescents to interact with elderly
RePlace also plans to explore the issue of battered women on a limited scale and
to expand the hours the drop-in center is open Ed felt the numbers had declined for
several reasons demographic decline in adolescents, staff turn-over, and more
individual than group sessions Judy has no trouble with declining numbers per se,
but interested in their definition of need and what they want to accomplish
Bea said she does not plan to recommend the additional staff position, as the goals
for it have not been fully worked out and the turnover in other staff still has
not settled in.
Stan asked about DSS funding Leonora said DSS was ready to fund, but RePlace
decided not to continue their application. Stan suggested that Leonora help
Replace with a DSS application, but she pointed out that the counselling RFP was
completed last year, for three year funding, so it would be moot now
RePlace relations with the Police seem to be improving Leonora suggested that they
use alcohol problems as a potential area of collaboration, because it is where
/ the Police Department sees the greatest problems
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— Sheila and Ed will come to the next meeting with a recommendation.
Hospice
Stan and Leonora visited Hospice Care, Inc. to discuss their request. They met
with Ed Dolan, the director, who is proposing two programs with a total request of
close to $5,000 Hospice serves 5 local towns, but is considering merging with
the Malden Hospice, which would expand its area. The programs for which funding
isxequested include overnight respite for families and group support for children
in three age categories
Stan suggested possibly requesting $5,000 from the Trustees as a demonstration
for an array of functions There was discussion about the issue of the Trustees
wanting to fund only those programs that assisted the poor Bea was asked to
float the idea with them in preparation for discussion at the next meeting
Next Meeting
December 3 , 7 30 p.m. , room 111
Respectfully
submitted,
PlA
Beatrice Phear
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