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Home My WebLink About1988-04-11-HSC-min.pdf Human Services Committee Minutes Meeting of Monday , April 11 , 1988 Present Harvey Lowell, Co-Chairman ; Bob Cushman, Co-Chairman ; Sylvia Perlman; Sheila Martin ; Seymour Mandel; Steve Baran , Human Services Coordinator Minuteman Cane Award Seymour Mandel to represent Human Services Committee on the Minuteman Cane Award Committee , a group which will recommend the awarding of a cane to a public-spirited elderly person Minutes of 3/22 Corrections The proposed date for the Fair Housing Forum is May 26 , not May 12 The Wood Street property which is of interest to the Special Needs Committee is made up of two separate buildings for special needs occupants and one building for staff Replace Discussion of RePlace statistical reports ( a Hours of individual , group and family counseling viewed as helpful b Outreach reporting reviewed coding helpful in under- standing what happens during these transactions See attached RePlace organization a Numbers of programs raise question as to whether staff is too dispersed , scattered between too many programs leading possibly to ineffectiveness and burnout b Is there clarity about goals and objectives? See proposal excerpt attached on this question c Fund raising seems to be going forward on a number of fronts Senior Health Monitor Program Subcommittee is meeting to plan program with discussions of assessment tool and staffing Questions are being raised by the Council on Aging as to the appropriateness of the involvement of the Human Services Committee in the planning of this program Human Services Committee Minutes , 4/11/88, p 2 Equity Sharing A change in numbers from draft report reviewed by full Equity Sharing Committee to final report presenting a less attractive investment requires a reassessment by the Equity Sharing Committee Steve Baran to be in touch with Paul Marshall about a meeting time Abt Associates to be invited Delay in responding to a report of abuse and neglect Steve reported on a situation involving a Lexington resident who sought help from LexHab and the Planning Board initially about a problem of alleged abuse and neglect at Interfaith Housing After several months she was finally referred by John Eddison to the Human Services Coordinator Information and referral, as well as outreach , to be on the agenda for the next meeting Respectfully Submitted, Stephen Baran , Human Services Coordinator