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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-09-23-HSC-min.pdf m HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Minutes of the Meeting of September 23, 1985 Present Roberta Black, Stan Finkelstein, Judy Zabin, Leonora Feeney, Sylvia Perlman, Sheila Martin, Harvey Lowell, Marion Shepp, Bea Phear Guest Joan Henefeld (B U Graduate Nursing student) Minutes The minutes of the meeting of September 9 were accepted as mailed. Mystic Valley Bea had sent a letter to Richard Weiss stating the committee's interest in not losing a community bed and requesting to be kept informed. He responded with the information that the Hancock St house had received permission to retain four beds and use the one room as a fire exit even though it is occupied. It appears that Marion's daughter Susan will be able to remain, Evergreen Lane Bea distributed a memo to the Town Manager outlining a planned small staffed apartment on Evergreen Lane She will keep the committee informed. It was suggested that she write the Area Office to see if any Lexington residents could have qualified and to ask how many Lexington residents are in group care both here and in other communities Adolescent Survey Bea met with Bill Blout of RePlace and they began the discussion of focusing on what issues to address in a survey/study of adolescents They scheduled a meeting for September 30 at RePlace with a number of interested people who will make up a likely core research committee A student from BU school of Social Work who is placed with Rachel Rosenblum in the School Department has volunteered to be staff assistant Conference A number of suggestions were made on the draft invitation list titles of panelists say "Adams Russell has been invited to televise" call it a "Symposium" put the date and time in bold face After a discussion of needs, there will be likely some revision to the discussion questions In discussion about the content of the program, several points were made it will be valuable to elicit agency perspective of need, through group discussion or by encouraging the moderator to elicit audience opinion it is important to keep the panelists off a soap box of saying what they have done in the past and get them to focus on future trends we must have the questions specific enough to focus them and avoid nice generalities It was decided to have three "modules" of one half hour each, with a presentation ( -- of the committee' s views, a specific question, and panelist and audience response 1 Housing needs short term and long term for varied special populations There will be focus on the fiscal need for capital construction (now not allowed in the rate setting) , the question of harmony between overall goals and specific licensing constraints, the issue of community acceptance, and the stresses between class and non class clients in a tight economy Harvey & Sylvia will refine this module 2 Adolescents and families Presentation of some behavioral and demographic statistics perhaps a case study of a hypothetical family that slips through the cracks, the question of funding for local preventative programs when the state is moving towards tertiary care and regional or area service delivery models Leonora & Sheila will refine 3 General discussion less focused view of trends with changes in the demographics, more divorce, frail elderly, single parent families What are the service realities and where is the money coming from? This module may be dropped if the time is short Marion, Judy, Stan and Bea will work on some of the logistic0s, listing all the necessary tasks such as invitations, refreshments, name tags, ( cable TV, advance materials for handout, and strategies for increasing attendance The subcommittees will meet and bring their recommendation to the next meeting Budget Bea reported that she had sent out the RFPs' to all on the list The response deadline is November 1 LOHSC Bea reported that she had been elected President of the Local Officials Human Services Council, the Massachusetts Municipal Association's committee of hunanservice specialists from around the state Next Meeting The next meeting is Monday, October 7 at 7.30 p.m, in room 111 Respectfully submitted, Beatrice Phear L