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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-07-09-HSC-min.pdf Human Services Committee Minutes, 7/9/90 Present Renee Cochin and Bob Cushman , Co-Chairs , Ann Irving ; Seymour Mandel , Sheila Martin and Dennis Murakami ( Steve Baran , Human Services Coordinator The Minutes of 6/25/90 were approved The report referred to in this set of Minutes is that of the Brandeis management team Steve reported Sr Auger of the Gray Nuns called to discuss needs assessment data looking toward establishing an adult day care center for the elderly in Lexington Steve told her that the Human Services Committee would be most interested in participating in planning The Lexington Interfaith Outreach has been meeting to discuss planning for a soup kitchen for hungry people They will collect data by inviting persons having anecdotal data to telephone The Human Services Committee suggested exploring food stamps , Temple Isaiah participation in Bristol Lodge food program ( Beth Klarman ) , numbers on scholarships in Meals on Wheels program, number of subsidized students in the school system getting lunches Steve and Renee are volunteering for the AIDS Task Force being set up by the Board of Health ( The Metropolitan Area Planning Council will be sending Steve a schedule showing dates for Census reports The Committee decided to prepare an abstract of the Heller School report and announce that the full report would be available should anyone wish to peruse it The Committee decided to adopt the following recommendations of the report collect data with an emphasis on need human service programs should provide demographics about their clients, 5 year trends might be examined a task force could be set up, emphasize availability of human services to vulnerable populations clarify what the Committee and the Coordinator do, compile a human services directory , examine Coordinator ' s job description encourage attendance of the Coordinator at meetings of the Local Officials Human Services Council The Committee decided to create a work plan focused on goals Steve Baran