8/15/2012 HUMAN SERVICES Minutes

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W Town of Mashpee W r 16 Great Neck Road N. Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE PUBLIC SESSION Mashpoe Town Mall -- 2:00 PM Iii i n ut of the Meeting of Wednesday,nesday, Au u t 15, 2012 Committee Members Present: Members Absent: Also Present: Ruth Elias, Chairman veronica Warden Tom Mayo, Asst. Town Manager Janice Walford} Vice Chairman Gail Wilson, H.S. Coordinator Elinor Glener, Clerk = James Long Gus Frederick ,John Cahalane Kathy Mohler-Faris CALL To ORDER Chairman Ruth Elias called the meeting to order at 2:03 PM. PUBLIC COMMENT None. WELCOME Ruth Elias welcomed new committee member Kathy Mohler-Faris and thanked her for her interest in working on the Committee. Ms. Mohler-Faris gave a synopsis of her background, stating that she was a Clinical Social Worker, having been employed at Falmouth Human services for 27 years. Since July of last year she left Falmouth Human Services and started a part-titre private practice in Falmouth. Ms. Mohler-Faris has worked with many seniors and also with pregnant and parenting teens while at Falmouth Human Services, Ms. Mohler-Faria helped to establish the Mashpee Human Services} along with Fred Diamond. The committee members in turn introduced themselves to Kathy Mo h ler-Faria. REVIEW of MINUTES John Cahalane made a motion that the minutes from the June 21, 2012 Human Services Committee meeting be approved as presented. .James Long seconded the notion. The motion was unanimously approved. NEW BUSINESS 40 RFP Sub-Committee Report: Meeting with Joyce Mason Ruth Elias stated that publishing of the Request for Qualifications RFQ) is the first step in the process of preparing for distribution a Request for Proposal (RFI ) document. For clarification purposes, It was explained that the Town had approved a $35,000 grant for the Human Services Committee to conduct a Deeds Assessment study, the first ever done by the Town of Mashpee.