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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-01-29-HSC-min.pdf Human Services Committee Minutes, l '29/90 (Th Present Renee Cochin and Bob Cushman , Co-Chairmen Dick Dougherty; Leonora Feeney; Ann Irving; beYmour Mandel ; and Steve Baran, Human Services Coordinator Minutes of 1/22/90 The Minutes of 1/22/90 were accepted with the following corrections In section on page 1 regarding Council on Aging substitute Council on Aging for RePlace In section on page 2 regarding Replace add Sheila Martin to those presenting report Subcommittee Reports Czunci "on Aging Seymour reported that the salary of the E~ ecutive Director had been raised to bring it within the middle of the range for similar positions based on data from a number of similar communities He reported further � that he had been informed there were no cuts in COA _ services planned for FY 9l Steve reported that / \ federal funding projections for FY 91 were based on FY \ / `- 88 reported ependitures In spite of the report that there had been no cuts in COA services planned for FY 91r an analysis of their budget suggested otherwise, particularly in the area of support services For e'.ample, in social day Lare, the allocation fOr FY 90 is $25, 300 whereas the al ]dcation for FY 91 will be $l7, //V0 The allocation for respite care had gone down from $21 , 7o0 to S16, 600 Homemaker services were down by $150N0 The total. budget was overstated due to errors in addition which reduced the total by $9, 600 The Senior Health Monitor budget was increased by $2, 000 Questions raised related to why there was an increase in personnel when dollars appropriated to services were apparently being reduced and whether in the next budget it would be possible for COA to reallocate between line items to reduce the impact of State and Federal budget cuts It was felt that the Committee would be better prepared ne: t year to ask the proper questions of CDA earlier on ( ) It was agreed to recommend the COA budget as requested ~ ° Human Services Committee Minutes, 1/29/90 Page 2 (Th RePlace It appeared that RePlace had not been as productive as they might have been in the counseling area thus producing reservations about recommending that they be funded at their requested level On the other hand, there was agreement that the Town should offer as much to Le; ingtnn a adolescents as it was providing through its EAP program to the Town s employees, i e , three initial assessment interviews Furthermore, it was felt that ReFlace had been very responsive to concerns of the Town and had performed very well in the areas of peer support and community education It was, therefore, agreed to recommend $11v500 tor administration , $33, 500 for community education and peer support, and S25v2H0 for crisis intervention combined with initial assessment (600 sessions. @ $42 per session based on an average of 7 sessions for each of 200 new clients) CMARC and Cooperati 'e Elder Services /- \ It was agreed to recommend the requested amounts for CMARC, level \ / ` funded at $11 , 000 and Cooperative Elder Services, level funded at $3, 500 Me` t meetings The Committee will meet at 7 30, before the Selectmen s meeting, on Monday, February 5 The following meeting will be on Wednesday, February 21 at 8 p m Respectfully Submitted, 4/11ei" I011"•- Stephen DNran, Human Services Coordinator / � _