7/20/2017 HUMAN SERVICES Minutes

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Lynne Barbee read into the record a letter of thanks from the Sight Loss Services, Inc. dated June 14, 2017 to the Human Services Committee for the funding given to them. The Director reviewed her monthly report for July. The Drop In Nights have been ver successful. She said they have 16 different agencies that attend the drop in nights. The Task Force helps out and they are looking at other ways to promote the night. The next one will be August 1. She is very grateful to all the people that are involved. There was a discussion on whether or not the reverse 911 should continue when notifying the public about the Drop In Flights, She noted that there is a discussion about possibly skipping the reverse 911 for August. The Director noted that the Task Force unanimously voted to continue the calls. Motion* Mr. Cahalane moved to write a letter to the Town. Manager requesting his = approval to continue the reverse 911 calls for the Drop In Nights. Seconded by Frank Fantasia. vote 4-0-1 with Lynne Waterman. abstaining, The Director+noted she has been asked to be on `The Point" with Mindy Todd at the end of August. She suggested Jen Monaghan'oin her to tally about the success of the Drop in Nights. The Chair noted there is grant money available from the Cape Cod Health and Human Services. There was a discussion on Narcan availability and its liability and the training required, The Director stated she has had several hoarding cases. Lynne Waterman stated the will be conducting a Buried Treasuries Program at the Sehlor Center beginning i n in g g September thru January which is a support group for people who have cluttering issues. She was also approached by the Cape Cod Hoarding Task Force who would like to do a Community panel on hoarding. . The Director stated she will be meeting with the Town Manager on her initiatives for g -- net year and she will be discussing these at the next meeting. She said one of her initiatives will be separating out substance use as one and mental health as another,. Lynne Barbee spore about the Red Cross presentation at the Senior Center. She also spore about the CELT (Community Emergency Response Team) volunteers and suggested reviving the CELT Program in Mashpee. She stated the volunteers are trained by the Sheriff s Department to assist first responders and that i t would be worth looking at coming up with a CERT Team in Mashpee, Lynne Barbie also shared.some "Fire Stops' which you attach above your stages in case of'a fire. - ADDITIONAL TOPIC