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Committee went before the Planning Board to review a service agencies providing a variety of services to draft of the Human Service Comprehensive Plan, we Mashpee residents. The Human Service Committee continue to finalize the plan and review the goals for will be conducting site visits to some of these agencies. the next ten years for the Department. Counseling requests were very high this year, The Human Service Council meets on a monthly with referrals from Mashpee High School, Mashpee basis and brings together all the local agencies which Senior Center, Mashpee Police and Independence provide services to Mashpee residents. This past year House. Residents were referred to various local this meeting was very important in allowing agencies to counseling agencies depending on their insurance. network to provide services to residents in difficult Our annual Thanks for Giving Award is given to financial situations. Also, a liaison from the Human Service Committee attends the meeting and reports both an individual and and a group who goes above and back to the Human Service Committee. beyond their role to meet the needs of Mashpee residents. This Humanitarian award was started in The Hoarding Task Force has been meeting for 3 2004. This year the recipients were Bill and Linda Zammer for the individual award and the Kiwanis Club years. Members of the Task Force include: Board of Health; Mashpee Police Dept; Mashpee Fire of Mashpee for the group award. Department; Elder Services of the Cape & Islands; The Human Service Department looks forward to Public Health Nurse; Mashpee Village Resident in the coming I Coordinator; Council on Aging; Professional meeting the needs of Mashpee res g year and will continue to identify gaps in services and Organizer.This year has been a very exciting year for the Task Force. The Task Force finalized the First promote collaboration within the town to fill these Responder Protocol for the Town and then held training gaps• with the Mashpee Police and Fire Departments in September 2011. The training was done by Maryann Respectfully submitted, Murphy who is not only a Professional Organizer but Gail Wilson, M.Ed, LMHC has extensive experience with hoarding cases. The Human Service Coordinator main objective was to educate about the illness of I Hoarding and develop a system of response within the r town for different levels of hoarding. Report of the 'rector of Information As part of the Steering Committee of the Cape& Dl Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition the focus has been Technology Department towards education and training. In June, as a preventable measure, members of the Department of To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of Mental Health did street outreach in Mashpee. Under the Town of Mashpee a project entitled "Real Men, Real Depression," they went door to door to businesses to try to reach middle 2011 was another busy year for the Information !' aged men who typically would not seek help Technology Department. We have accomplished much themselves. The focus was to educate men that in the past 8 years that I have had the privilege of depression was treatable and to give them resources working for the Town of Mashpee, and many of the about where to go for help. new features, enhancements and products we have Mashpee Human Services continues to assist provided to our town employees and residents would P S possible without proper funding and a have been not ha Mashpee residents under the age of 60 with their Fuel quality team. May I also express my gratitude and j Assistance Applications. Families relied on Mashpee thanks to the Mashpee Cable and Advanced Human Services to advocate for them to make sure Technology Advisory Board for their generous support their applications were reviewed especially in light of in funding the new phone network that replaces old emergency circumstances. phone systems throughout the Town. The phone The Department continues to oversee the 14 systems that were funded include Town Hall, Police contracts between the Town of Mashpee and the human Station,Fire Station,Fire Substation,DPW,Council on 109