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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-04-24-HSC-min.pdf HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Minutes of the Meeting of April 24, 1985 -- — Present Roberta Black, Marion Shepp, Stan Finkelstein, Leonora Zola, Ed Foley, C.C. Chao; Bea Phear New Members The subcommittee of Roberta, Stan, and Marion had interviewed 12 possible cnadidates for committee membership They recommend Jan Eustice as the person to fill the immediate vacancy There was discussion to be held later about the four other positions to be filled in the fall Roberta will telephone Bea Visiting Nurses Judy and Leonora recommed partial funding of the VNCH proprosal by the Trustees The draft letter was approved as written, with a request from the trustees of $2,800 Stan reported that the Board of Health also supported the program, but with less enthusiasm, since there was no evaluation data yet available There was discussion about how much money to ask of the trustees It was felt that to ask more than $2,800 would reduce the flexibility of future requests by depleting the teserve a great deal for one proposal, would have a possible negative effect on the committee's credibility with the trustees, and might not really be necessary as VNCH had other possible resources Bea had suggested UNited Way and Honeywell to them, and Judy has suggested local service clubs Coordinator's Report Bea distributed her report in writing, since she had to leave early for the TMMA meeting It is enclosed for those not in attendance Next Meeting Monday, May 13 at 6 00 p.m (bring your own sandwich; coffee & soda available here) Monday, June 3, at 7 30 p.m. (Richard Weiss as guest) Respectfully submitted, �� r Beatrice Phear ✓'` 1 v April 24, 1985 _ PENDING 1. New member selection 2 Visiting Nurse request - see draft letter and my trust fund estimate 3. Corporation relationship? Joan Duff of Honeywell likes the idea of a meeting 4. Providers Council meetings? COORDINATOR REPORT Day Care 1. Charlotte Wilson, 5 Raymond Street, is interested in starting a business related to elderly day care, home care, nannies, infant & toddler day care, family day care, and employer supported centers She will do information and referral, program development, and advocacy - not run programs 2 The Office for Children is sponsoring an afternoon workshop on their Child Care Resource and Referral Project in Worcester on May 9 Call Bruce Hershfield if you are interested in going - 727-0018. Mental Retardation ( 1. Richard Weiss told Stan, Leonora and me that they are planning to move the Kelleher Center See copy of memo to Bob Hutchinson enclosed. 2 The State has opened two new Intermediate Care Facility- Mental Retardation Units (ICF-MR' s)) on the Met State hospital grounds They should have an open house fairly soon They will each house eight clients 3 Bill Crane gave me a copy of the Pennhurst Study of the consent decree effects in Pennsylvania. It is very interesting (and longe If anyone wants to borrow it, let me know 4 The Lexington committee for housing for the handicapped has met with the Housing Authority Their next meeting is May 9; Ralph Richardson of the DMH Area Office will be a guest The committee is seriously considering exploring a privately funded option. 5 The CMARC report still shows 7 Lexington clients. They did not provide a treasurer' s report. Mental Health 1. I met with Shirley Bertrand of the DMH Area Office regarding needs of the chronically mentally ill. She is liaison with Met State She said she would write up some Lexington numbers for me Off the top of her head, she sees needs in the following areas housing, day activities, social drop-in, geriatric psychiatry, and medical/psychiatric 2 I met with Ellen Widen and Kay Apgar of the Family Service Association. They have approximately 80-100 cases per year 5 LICSW' s 1 PhD 1/2 day psychiatrist for medication. They are planning to do family life education programs They do not see much chronic 3. Marion Shepp reports that the Mystic Valley Hancock St house has no staff at the moment. 4. Two different sources (Shirley Bertrand & a committee applicant) both report favorably on Wild Acre Inn. Elderly 1. Cooperative Elder Services for January-March shows two clients received funding support from the Trustees ($646 for the quarter) There are also 11 other Lexington clients 2 The CoA senior center plans are taking a great deal of my time and progressing nicely, if slowly Youth 1. I have no new information from Sheila on Prom Night She has left it in the hands of the students 2 Ashley Rooney would like to meet with the committee about her television series, and issues of adolescents. see enclosed letter Other 1. The Town was awarded a grant from EOCD to set up a joint municipal/school/ library/CoA volunteer program. I will supervise in the start-up phtase with someone from the schools, and then it will move to the school dept Applications close today, so we ought to be hiring within the next few weeks