HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-10-06-HSC-min.pdf Human Services Committee Minutes
October 6, 1993
Present Donna M Hooper, Chairman; Rosalyn L Gittlemen Eva S
Glick; Eva Havas; Jeanne S Luongo; Richard W Safford;
Jolley Anne Weinstock; Stephen Baran, Human Services
Coordinator; Thomas 0 Fenn, visitor
Minutes
The Minutes of the meetings of 9/22/93 with one change requested
Previous Wording
The Committee was concerned that RePlace was already being
reimbursed, albeit according to contract, for services it
was not yet providing
Altered wording
The Committee was concerned that RePlace was already being
reimbursed for services not yet finalized or provided
Meetings scheduled in relation to RePlace
Donna Hooper and Eva Havas to meet with
( Robert Miner, Director of Guidance, for October 14 ;
Larry Robinson, Assistant Principal for Student Affairs, for
October 15
Meetings to take place for assessment of youth needs
clergy--Jolley Anne Weinstock and Roz Gittleman
recreation--Eva Glick
police--Eva Havas
Hayden Recreation--Jeanne Luongo
pediatricians
PTA
single parents
youth
Eva Havas and Donna Hooper will draft a list of questions to
be discussed at November meeting; needs assessment to be
completed by end of February, hopefully
( Minutes, Human Services Committee, 10/6/93 Page 2
Replace
Bob Miner supported a part-time Replace outreach program
Questions
To what extent does RePlace clarify need for peer outreach and
peer counseling?
How much contact have they had with the police, and when?
Why is RePlace asking for so much above level funding?
Why are FY '94 figures not related to FY ' 93 projections and why
do line items change from one year to the next making comparisons
difficult?
Where do numbers for FY ' 94 community outreach come from if there
was no outreach program?
What kind of fundraising are they doing?
What is explanation for high increase in contacts through peer
( counseling?
How is quality assurance conducted, e g , response time for
request for services, client satisfaction?
How has RePlace been able to provide crisis intervention without
an emergency on-call system?
What is the overlap with existing mental health crisis
intervention system?
Why was on-call capacity cut out in preference to cutting some
other item?
What is the RePlace mission?
How much active collaboration is taking place?
What was the outcome of RePlace meeting with Eliot Community
Services?
Hearing survey
Rick reported that hearing survey was going on with consideration
being given to phasing in a Town-wide system Feedback had been
obtained from a number of people