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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-01-05-HSC-min.pdf Human Services Committee Minutes January 5, 1994 Present: Donna M. Hooper, Chairman; Rosalyn L. Gittleman: Eva S. Glick; Eva Havas; Jeanne S. Luongo; Richard W Safford; Jolley Anne Weinstock; Stephen Baran, Human Services Coordinator Minutes of 12/1 and 12/29 (see attachment for corrections) Replace FY '95 Budget Recommendation It was unanimously agreed to recommend level-funding for RePlace at $67,800. This was done on the basis that the Committee needed to balance what it considered important for youth against the needs of the Town for budgetary restraint. The Committee was going through a year of transition in investigating need for services and ways to avoid overlap and duplication of services. CMARC FY '95 Budget Recommendation The Committee was in agreement that CMARC should be funded at $10,457 Report on proposal to equip Cary Hall to provide access for the hearing impaired Rick Safford is working with Mr. Blanchard on further modifications of his proposal. ( Youth needs interviews reports Hayden (report by Jeanne Luongo): big drop-off in enrollment for junior high and high school youth. Hayden is seeking ways to attract them, such as installing a weight room for young women, while avoiding use of facilities for dropping in or hanging out. They are connecting with School Department to explore joint programming such as 'adventures. Problem in program development related to original strictures of the will which calls for building character and the like. The Committee discussed factors which make youth less interested: working after school including taking on babysitting; taking on responsibilities of parent who are working; being generally more mobile and independent with cars and money to spend. Single parents (report by Jolley Anne Weinstock): children feel isolated and stigmatized; have difficulty in accessing resources; credibility as parents in doubt because of their problems; issues of self-esteem; felt need to break out of isolation. They expressed desire for: group counseling; scholarships at Hayden and for school day care; information and referral services; counseling; informal support network; accessible day care; affordable housing;job placement counseling; pro bono legal advice; their own resources; their own leadership supplemented by outside leadership. Support Committee for Battered Women (report by Roz Gittleman): serving 60 Lexington residents; need for training; more coordination with School Department; concerned with battering among teenagers down to age of 12; 12 year-old girls are going on dates with boys and being battered; school is becoming an unsafe place; mothers are blamed for family ending up in a shelter. Eva Glick and Roz Gittleman will interview RePlace peer counselors; Martha Queenin will be interviewed by Eva Havas and Donna Hooper. Attachment to Minutes of 1/5/94--Revisions of Minutes of 12/1 and 12/29 The Minutes of 12/1 were corrected as follows: Revise item 4 on page 1 under Needs Assessment meetings from: High school students who are worried about paying college tuition can save by administering recreational programs. to: High school students who are worried about paying college tuition can save by serving as staff in recreational programs. Revise item S under the same heading from: The Department is making a real effort to adhere to ADA requirements and seeks to fashion programs which will meet the needs of special needs persons including Sing Along and skill trips. to: The Department is making a real effort to adhere to ADA requirements and seeks to fashion programs and facilities, especially for children, which will meet the needs of special needs persons including. Sing Along and skill trips. Revise wording re meeting with Dana Ham from: Eva Havas and Donna Hooper met with Chris Casey, Brian Spencer and Dana Ham. to: Eva Havas and Donna Hooper met with Chris Casey, Brian Spencer and Dana Ham of the Lexington Police Department. Add opposite Martha Queenin's name indicating the intention of Human Sery ices Committee members to visit her the names of Eva Havas and Donna Hooper. Delete from groups to be interviewed by the Committee that of latch key children. Change from: Eva Havas expressed concern that the community was not taking a proactive stance regarding merchants selling cigarettes to minors. to: Eva Havas expressed concern that the community was not taking a proactive stance regarding merchants selling cigarettes and alcohol to minors. Revise headings as follows from: Demouranhics Human Services Committee Minutes, 12/1/93 Page 3 Donna Hooper circulated the final draft of the Human Services Committee report on the 1990 census as an internal document. Steve will send out the RFP prepared by the Health Department (School Department RFP has already been circulated to Committee members). to: Demoeraohics Donna Hooper circulated the final draft of the Human Services Committee report on the 1990 census as an internal document. To be circulated Steve will send out the RFP prepared by the Health Department (School Department RFP has already been circulated to Committee members). The Minutes of 12/29 were revised to reflect that Jeanne Luongo was present. She had been shown to be both present and absent.