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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-06-24-HSC-min.pdf HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Minutes of the Meeting of June 24, 1985 Present Roberta Black, Sheila Martin, Marion Shepp, Stan Finkelstein, Jan Eustis, Judy Zabin, Leonora Zola, Bea Phear guest Richard Weiss Minutes The minutes of the meeting of June 3 were approved as mailed. Providers Council Judy reported that Marge Battin will be happy to moderate a discussion of needs after a presentation She is available before October 5 A preferred date of Thursday, September 26 was selected, with Monday, September 30 as alternate Judy will confirm with Marge Roberta suggested adding nursing homes to the provider mailing list Also day care, corporate personnel offices, corporate community liaison offices, and the Chamber of Commerce The guest list will be discussed at the next meeting Bea distributed copies of the 1982 providers' responses to their perception of needs, and the summary results of the 1984 Nominal Group Process meetings This will be discussed at the next meeting Mystic Valley Mental Health 1. Staffing Richard confirmed that 3 DMH staff positions are being moved from the agency to the adolescent consortium. This is combined with a state shift from clinicians to administrators, and an Area Office priority setting for the chronically mentally ill, emotionally disturbed mentally retarded, and Court Clinic back-up as highest priority Second priority is elderly, and children & family Third priority is general community outpatient The positions being transferred will be one to AYCC now and two later, when F they become vacant They are for seriousely disturbed adolescents, with the age not yet defined. The impact on Mystic Valley will be that general community mental health will have to shift to hired clinicians (social worker $20/hr ) and more fee for service and private clinic operation They will probably shift to more evenings and fewer days in Woburn and Arlington 2 Kelleher The workshop will move, probably in September There had been 1 discussion of a Lexington site near the fire station, but Mystic Valley is now negotiating for a site in Arlington Heights, which will have some growth potential They will add 20 clients over the next two year, probably some from the new ICF/MR facilities on the Met. State property 3 Hancock St There is a new staff person after a three month vacancy There are two residents and two vacancies They are waiting for the Area Office to fill these The whole residential program has 29 clients, and Mystic Valley gets paid on a utilization rate of 85% at the moment they are still being fully funded. The expectation is clients will move from the State hospital to staffed houses and then to supervised apartments They are planning a training program at the site of the staffed house to prepare hospital patients to move 4 Reporting form. Leonora prepared a draft for a new reporting form. Richard will review it and get back to Bea. Leonora gave the corrected contract to Bea. New Committee Members The committee interviewed Diana Bander for one of the fall vacancies She is a consultant on management issues and is primarily interested in special housing Her dissertation was on the history of the shape of public policy for special needs After some discussion, it was decided to recommend to the Board of Selectmen that they appoint Sheldon Spector and Harvey Lowell to the vacancies that will occur at the end of September Bea was asked to write the Board. CC. Chao had told Judy he may also resign, due to work pressures Sylvia Perlman would be the recommendation to fill that vacancy; however Judy was asked to urge C.C. not to resign Next Meetings Monday, July 8, room 111, 7 30 p.m. Monday, August 19, room 111, 7 30 p m. It was also decided to have an informal discussion, for whoever was interested, about future subcommittee structure, on Monday, July 15 at 8 00 p.m. at Judy Zabin's house - One Page Road. Respectfully submitted, Beatrice Phear L