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w <br /> 14 <br /> F11P Town Mash e <br /> En <br /> 16 Great Neck Road North <br /> Mashpee, Massa ch se s 02649 <br /> HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE — PUBLIC SESSION <br /> Human services Office — 2:00 PM <br /> Thursday, September 19, 2013 <br /> Minutes of the Meeting of 9/19/2013 <br /> Committee Members Present: Members Absent: Also Present: <br /> Ruth Elias, Charman John Cahalane Gail Wilson, Human services Dir. <br /> Janice Walford, Vice Chairman Gus Frederick Ray Tamasi, G sn ld Facility Dir. <br /> Elinor Glener, Clerk Veronica Warden <br /> Nary Scanlan <br /> Kathy Mohler-Fariar <br /> Lynne Waterman <br /> CALL TO ORDER <br /> Chairman Rath Elias called the meeting to order at 2:00 PM. <br /> PUBLIC ME TS -• None. <br /> REVIEW OF MINUTES—JULY 'I , o1 . <br /> Elinor Glener made a motion that the minutes from the 7/18/13 Human Services meeting be <br /> approved as amended. Janice Walford seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously <br /> approved. <br /> NEW BUSINESS <br /> • Ray Tamasi, Chairman & CEO, G snold on Cape Cod <br /> Fruth Elias welcomed Ray Tamasi to the Human services Committee meeting, and thanked hire for <br /> corning. The committee members introduced themselves to Mr. Tamasi. <br /> Mr. Tamasi expressed his appreciation for the opportunity to inform the commiftee about what <br /> G sn ld is doing, to learn more about what this committee sees as the pressing issues in Mashpee, <br /> and to learn how Gsnld might be able to help. <br /> Mr. Tamasi proceeded to summarize what G sn ld does, placed in the context of the G sn ld <br /> philosophy of low they approach care for conditions of mental or emotional disorders, admissions of <br /> addiction or substance abuse. Mr. Tarnasi stated that these conditions are viewed as chronic <br /> conditions that individuals will be dealing with during their entire lifetime; thus the range of services <br /> offered is designed with that in mind. <br /> Gosn ld programs offered include the following: Acute care (equivalent to hospital care); short tern <br /> rehab programs; extended care programs; special program for pregnant Hours and Moms <br /> postpartum that could be in the program for 1 year or more; partial hospitalization program <br /> (extended day program -4 PIV); outpatient 3-hour day program & evening program; and a range of <br /> traditional out patient services. There are fire ambulatory clinics on the Cape and two off-Cape: the <br />