5/28/2015 HUMAN SERVICES Minutes

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John Cahalane made a motion to nominate Elinor Glener as Clerk of the Human Services Committee. Veronica Warden seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. • Rack Cards — Veronica Warden Veronica Warden distributed copies of the new rack card to the committee members, and stated that the Barnstable County Sheriff's Office Print Shop had printed 1000 copies of the brochure at a cost of $116.00. Ms. Warden had prepared a list of 14 potential rack card display locations for consideration, with four additional locations added to the list by the committee members. Gail Wilson, Lynne Waterman and Mary Bradford volunteered to work on distribution of the brochures. The committee members thanked Veronica Warden and Elinor Glener for their collaborated efforts on producing the rack cards, and congratulated them on an excellent job. • Town Meeting Food Drive Report, Gail Wilson reported that although she had called the Mashpee Enterprise to request inclusion of an announcement a week ahead of the scheduled Food Drive at the Town Meeting on May 4t", it was not included in the paper. Despite that, Gail Wilson stated that the drive was a big success. Veronica Warden was thanked for her assistance with distribution of the donations. • Coordinator's Report — Highlights - Attended the May 21, 2015 Mashpee Cares meeting. Follow-up on the Purple Flag project is to occur on Father's Day weekend. 333 purple flags are to be planted at the Mashpee rotary to raise awareness of the drug problem and overdose crisis on the Friday before Father's Day. Signage will be included to explain the purpose of the purple flag demonstration. - Attended Barnstable County Regional Substance Abuse Council. May 7, 2015. Discussion focused on themes from the focus groups. Randy Hunt gave legislative updates, stating that he is pushing the House to get more prescribers on board where they have to sign up different registered pharmacies to ensure that people don't doctor shop. To date there is a very low number of pharmacies registered. - Meeting Face to l=ace with Contractors Gail Wilson met with the VNA to discuss the contract and unmet needs in Mashpee, and is hoping to meet with the additional agencies in the coming year. - Mature Workers Candidate Gail Wilson reported that a Mature Workers candidate has been identified as a good fit for the Human Services Department. The candidate, Dawn Cameron, was interviewed by Gail Wilson, whose impression was that she seemed to be a definite people -person, with a Masters degree in education, a retired teacher for 17 years, very organized, and appeared to be very flexible. Ms. Wilson's feeling is that Ms. Cameron would be a good fit for the Human Services office. This will be a 20 -hour per week person, and will start next Monday. Gail Wilson stated that she is going to be very clear with Ms. Cameron as to what she is looking for in a supportive role, and feels that it is going to be a good experience and a good fit. Ms. Cameron will work 4 days a week, 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM. Lynne Waterman has found a replacement spot for the three current Tax Work -Off volunteers who have been assisting in the Human Services office. Lynne Waterman reminded the committee that the goal of the Mature Workers program is eventually to find full time positions for their workers. Dawn Cameron will be invited to attend the next Human Services Committee meeting.