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I <br /> I <br /> r{ 14i1l6 iTown of Mas <br /> hpe:ke <br /> Y <br /> r16 Great Neck Road North <br /> -iiaMassachusetts 02649 <br /> HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE PU6LIC SESSION <br /> Hunan services Department-Office-- :00 P <br /> Minutes of the Meeting of Thursday, January 24, 201 <br /> Committee Members Present: Members Absent: Also Present. <br /> Ruth Elias, Chairman Gus Frederick Virginia Thomas, Consultant <br /> Janice Walford, Vice Chairman Lynne Waterman, Council on Aging <br /> Elinor Glener, Clerk Erna Partan, Mashpee Enterprise <br /> Mary Scanlan Gail Wilson, Director: Hunan Sv es <br /> James Long <br /> Kathy Mohler-Faris <br /> Veronica Warden <br /> John Cah lane <br /> CALL TO ORDER <br /> Chairman Fruth Elias caped-the meeting to order at'Z.-05 PM. <br /> PUBLIC COMMENT <br /> None. <br /> REVIEW OF MINUTES — 12/13/12 <br /> John Cahalane made a motion that the minutes from the Human Services Committee meeting held <br /> n Thursday, December 13, 2012, be approved as presented. Elinor Glener seconded the motion. <br /> The motion er as unanimously approved. <br /> OLD BUSINESS <br /> • Virginia Thomas — Update on Human services Needs Assessment <br /> Virginia Thomas, consultant with Collaborative Research h LLC, introduced herself to the Committee. <br /> She stated,that she has conducted 43 interviews over the past 2 months, and added that we are <br /> very lucky in that Mashpee residents interviewed to date are very passionate and very much <br /> interested in what is best for Mashpee. While individuals may have their own nook in which they <br /> operate, everyone is concerned about the big picture. The individuals interviewed noted that they <br /> are very excited about the project and are pleased that the Towyn is conducting the survey. <br /> Ms. Thomas proceeded-to discuss in detait her key Informant Interview Findings, a copy of which <br /> will be attached to these minutes. Ms. Thomas made the point that the document collection update <br /> provided today is preliminary, as there are more interviews scheduled for the corning weeks. IIs. <br /> Thomas stated that she will be emailing to the committee members the draft resource inventory, a <br /> spread sheet not only of contracts in place but other resources in the community, adding a general <br /> description of services that exist. <br />