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Human Services Committee
10/6/99
Present: Nancy Bartlett; Tom Blumenthal, visitor; Helen Cravis, Co-Chair; Roz
Gittleman, Eva Glick; Khalil Khatri; Nancy Freed,Director, Social
Services Department; Cathy Abbott, Selectman Liaison; Becket Rhodes
and Laura Kurman, RePlace
Absent: Barbara Ciampa, Co-Chair; Gregory Kotonias-Payne; Christine Yedica,
Steve Baran, Human Services Coordinator:
Minutes of 8/4/99
The Minutes of 8/4/99 were accepted with the following corrections:
1 Helen Cravis will replace Eva Glick on the Domestic Violence Task Force
2. Christine Yedica will be the one liaison to the COA.
Meeting - —
1 Introductions were made.
2. Laura and Becket presented RePlace '99 Annual Report:
a. Elementary school services—higher March statistics
b Discussion of projected vs. real service hours
I,.,tease-in outreach counseling_—
d. Discussion of crisis intervention and suicidality—clients receiving
RePlace services not related to at-large school response team—unsure of
schools' procedure and structure; various crisis responses through private
pay clients, school contract, and Domestic Violence Response Team
e. Committee members complimented RePlace on the clarity of its FY '99
report and its relationship with the police.
3 Cathy Abbott invited Committee members and RePlace to attend Rep
Kaufman s Nov 18 meeting on Families and the Law
4 Liaison reports
a. Roz reported on DVRT meeting. October is Domestic Violence month.
b Roz reported on the Support Committee for Battered Women: emergency
shelter, legal support program/counseling, advocate/Senior
Services/Hotline. Helen inquired re Food Pantry contribution.
c. Khalil shared agenda of most recent HPAC meeting. Helen asked for
clarification of schools programs for preventing student smoking on
campus.
d. Nancy Bartlett will not be able to attend preschool group meetings due to
childcare conflict. Preschool PTA has website. Cathy Abbott who is Jay
Kaufman's representative to the Preschool group (Jan. next meeting) gave
an overview of the State budget process.
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5 RePlace: Eva Glick asked if the Town would go out to bid on RePlace in
FY '00 Helen Cravis asked Committee members to review RePlace
annual report for discussion at the November meeting, also review
suggestions for needed services—to be included in the Human Services
Committee annual report to the Selectmen.
6 The Committee would like to hear community ideas on needs. For
example, talk to Chief Casey or a representative of the Police Department.
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