2/16/2012 HUMAN SERVICES Minutes

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(A'N yr• rade*F . Town rr�� a. z r R-0 F 16 Great Neck Road R . Maspee, Massachusetts 02649 HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE PUBLIC SESSION Minutes of the Meeting of Thursday, /1611 Committee Members Present: Members Absent: Also Present: James Long, vice Chairman veronica Warden, Chairman Gail Wilson, coordinator Janice Walford, Mary Scanlan John cahalane} BOS Liaison Fruth Elias Elinor Glener Gus Frederick vye Larkin CALL To ORDER Vice chairman James Long called the meeting to order at 210 PM. REVIEW of MINUTES Gus Frederick made a motion that the minutes of the 1/19/12 meeting be approved as modified. Fruth Elias seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. OLD BUSINESS Review of the Human services committee objectives Gail Wilson announced that going forward, she will be limited to free counseling only for individuals with no health insurance. For those with health insurance, her activity will entail consultation and resource referrals. Ms. Wilson stated that Town Manager Joyce Mason has asked for statistics on the number of counseling cases she has handled since she began, and the last three years of referrals that have come in. The committee suggested additional changes to the Human Services Department Mission and Objectives. Gail Wilson will rework the Human Services Department Mission and objectives, and will present a reprised edition at the next Human Services committee meeting. It was noted that the original departmental mission and objectives were established in 1998. Gail Wilson reported that the Human Services Council is tallying about having different topics for discussion at their meetings. Ruth Elias stated her feeling that the public needs to be better informed about the existence of the Human services Committee, and the services that they provide to the community. NEW BUSINESS ■ rereview coordinator's Report Gail Wilson stated that the coordinator's report to the Human services committee is not the same monthly report provided to the Town Manager. The committee recommended and agreed that going forward, Gail Wilson should submit the same monthly report to both the Town Manager and the Human Services Committee, Ills. Wilson stated that she wili be adding to her report the number and the nature of all calls she receives each month. Janice Watford stated that if the monthly reports indicated the number of I ashpee residents that are availing themselves of the Human Services offered by the Mashpee Human Services department, it would reflect the true value of the department to the community, and the extent to which Human r 1