4/17/2014 HUMAN SERVICES Minutes

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possibly go to the October town meeting for more funding. Joyce Mason n arcs said the Human Services Committee could pursue grants and John Cahalane noted if the grant requires town matching funds, FIS would have to go to the Selectmen. Janice Walford explained she met with Bill Hough, 'Editor of the Enterprise Newspapers. The Enterprise Community Fund raises $150,000 for the Falmouth Service Center and she spoke to Bill about doing something in the Mashpee Enterprise for the Il ashp a reeds for the hungry. Bill said he was very supportive of the idea and suggested doing the fundraiser during the summer.r. Joyce Eason agreed and stated the town could set up a non-profit, if required, so the donations could be tax deductible. They also asked Joyce if the Human Service Department Office could be used as a drop off site for non-perishable goods on the day when a volunteer is present to receive them. Joyce approved. Janice reported they also asked Joyce if the basement in the Human Services building could be cleaned out because it was a health hazard. Jayne Mason assured them this would be done by the end of May. There was a discussion on the contents of what was in the basement. Janice Walford felt the meeting was very productive recapped the meeting in which they discussed funding, pursuing grants, working on a community fund drive, and having the building as a drop off site for non--perishable groups which could be advertised on the website. The goods would only b non-perishable. It was clarified that the committee members would bring the iters to the food pantry. It was also noted that when advertising to include it no outdated Iters" be donated. There wras also a discussion on the writing of grants and the process involved depending upon the type of grant. The Chair as well as the committee members thanked Janice Walford for all of her work. NEIN BUSINESS Discussion about Upcoming Food Drive at Town Meeting on May 5, 2014 Gail Wilson wanted to coordinate with everyone the upcoming food drive. It was decided that the focus would be on torn meeting. Gail said she would prepare an article for the newspaper. Veronica Warden volunteered to help with the food drive at town meeting. Review Proposed Funding Guidelines for Hannan services Contracts Gail Wilson distributed a draft of criteria for contract requests for the members review. She noted she developed a data foram that the agencies would need to fill out and submit to the Human Services Committee. Also included in the packet was list of presentations and site visits HS should be keeping a record of. She also attached the list of the contracts. Lynne Waterman suggested in the list of criteria, the word Ucommunity" be changed to "Mashpee 23 and also including the percentage of Mashpee residents served. Lynne also suggested including "ghat percentage of their budget, does our contract represent to there"? and "What specific services are they giving to Mashpee residents'? Lynne explained if we were to stop giving this particular agency any ,money what specific program, or services would be cut? The members agreed that the data requested covers all of the information they need. It was also suggested to change#6 to read "Would there be an impact if the agency no longer received money from Mashpee Human Services"? Gail Wilson would review the suggestions and include them in the revised document and bring the document back to the committee for final approval. 2