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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-08-05-HSC-min.pdf Minutes Human Services Committee 8/5/98 Present: Barbara Ciampa, Co-Chair; Helen Cravis, Co-Chair; Eva Glick; Gregory Kotonias Payne; Steve Baran, Human Services Coordinator and recorder Kathleen Palmer liaison, Pre-School PTA, Eva Heney Minuteman reporter Absent: Roz Gittleman; Lauren MacNeil; and Rick Safford Minutes of 4/1/98 Correction: The next meeting was shown as April 1 when it should have been May 6. Otherwise accepted as correct. Minutes of 5/6/98 Correction: Greg Kotonias Payne was listed as both present and absent. In fact, he was present. Otherwise accepted as correct. Committee Composition It was agreed to write to Lauren MacNeil and Rick Safford stating the importance to the committee of working with a full complement of members, the difficulty of working on occasion without a quorum, and how their continuing presence would be valued. It was hoped that Lauren MacNeil might be interested in preschool issues and that Rick Safford would continue as liaison to the Enablement Committee. Liaisons from and to the Human Services Committee Members indicated their interests in serving as liaisons. See attached list of assignments which includes preference noted by Roz Gittleman to Steve Baran by telephone. Helen Cravis suggested that "liaison" should mean "keeping informed." Kathleen Palmer indicated her interest in serving as liaison from the Pre-School PTA to the Human Services Committee. Steve Baran was asked to contact Dan Fenn, Selectman, who had agreed to serve as liaison from the Board of Selectmen to the Human Services Committee. The meeting should include Barbara Ciampa, Helen Cravis, Steve Baran and Nancy Freed and tentative times are Monday, August 24 or Tuesday August 25, late in the afternoon. 2 Community Partnerships for Children It was understood from Steve Baran that Communities United had budgeted pre- school funding as learned through his attendance at ,and perusal of ,minutes from, the Community Partnerships for Children Arlington, Belmont, Burlington, Lexington Council meeting of June 8, 1998. He noted that questions were raised in the meeting about the overall proposal process. Committee members were also concerned about the process. Barbara Ciampa agreed to look into this further and planned to attend the next meeting of the Council together with Steve Baran. He was asked to find out when the next Council meeting was taking place and who were the officers. Preschool Scholarship Funds Kathleen Palmer announced that the Preschool PTA had set aside $2,500 to fund one preschool scholarship for a four-year-old who would attend preschool three days a week. Steve Baran said that he believed he knew of a family in need of a scholarship This led to a discussion of the functions of the Preschool PTA which has a membership of 400 families. The co-chairs thanked Kathleen Palmer for her interest. Committee priorities for FY '99 Helen Cravis thought attention should be given to the need for after-school programs for middle school children. Gregory Kotonias-Payne suggested there be an overview of what the town offers to youth, e.g., the need for structured and non-structured activities. It was suggested that this emphasis should also be of interest to the Health Prevention Advisor Committee.