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Annual Report
Calendar Year 1992
Planning
The Committee undertook two new planning studies an analysis of
tuwn demographics based on the 1990 U S Census and an
examination of services provided by other Tuwn agencies that
relate to human service needs This is expected to provide the
basis for assessing the directions of human sery ces programs
the coming years
Poverty Trends
During 1992, the Human Services Committee continued to monitor
poverty trends
■ I50 Lexington residents had qualified for fuel
assistance by January 1993, a 10% rise over the
previous year
• The number of destitute families receiving Aid to
Families of Dependent Children was 62 in December
reflecting a 26% increase over the number in Decembe
0 1991
s * 25u families have been seeking assistance at the
Lexington Interfaith Outreach Food Pantry
Emergency Relief
Responding to the financial exigencies or Lexington residents
the Human Services Fund spent $6 697 in F'1 92 In the first
halt of FY ' 93 ( from July I thru December 31 1992) $4 196 was
expended Lexington residents were generous in their giving
Lexington residents contributed $3 183 for direct relief and and
$2 635 fur endowment purposes An anonymous donor contributed
6 000 printed copies of a brochure designed by the Human Services
Committee to publicize the Fund to potential donors and
recipients
A grant of $3 500 was made to the Town through the Middlesex
County Emergency Food & Shelter Board to assist residents with
rent and mortgage payments
Contracts
The Town maintained its contract with RePlace providing $66 54_
fur youth services including short-term counseling, crisis
intervention, uutreazh and community educat on and peer
leadership This represented a Decrease of s2 100 from the
1.re iJu_ year s funding level RePlace responded to the Town s
Human Sert, ices Committee Annual Report Pae
zuncern about the increasing incidetce of batte ed women by
mounting a close relationship with the Support Committee to
Battered Women to collaborate in the de .'elopment of a program on
prevention of domestic violence
The Town awarded the Central Middlese Association for Retarded
Citizens ( CMARC ) a grant of $ 10 670 fur F`; 8a This represented
a decrease from the previous year s level of $330 CMARC trains
d sabl =d cl ents fur work in industrial settings
Americans with Disabilities Act
In June 1992, the Town inaugurated an educational campaign to
inform citizens about the public requirements of the Americans
with Disabilities Act through a forum entitled "Accessibility
Its Everybody' s Issue " Irving Zola keynote speaker emphasized
that disability was an increasing common human need as people
lived longer and medicine was more successful in enabling people
to carry un their lives in spite of disabilities Also
highlighted was the responsibility of local government to develop
plans to meet the accessibility requirements of the Act
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