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Department, the Mashpee Board of Health, the Report of the Mashpee Senior Center and the Mashpee Police. guman Services Department Resources are made available to residents. As a member of the Cape & Islands Suicide To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Prevention Coalition, I was the chair of the Elder Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: Working Group. The mission of the group was to first It is my pleasure to submit to you my annual conduct a survey around elder depression and resources available. Second, we developed an Elder Brochure report for 2012. entitled "Could It Be Depression?" The final printing was completed in August 2012 and this brochure was The mission of the Human Services Department distributed throughout the Cape and the Islands. was updated on March 15, 2012. The mission of the Human Services Department is "to connect Mashpee The Human Service Council meets on a monthly residents with resources and solutions during times of basis and brings together local agencies which provide need with the goal of building a strong and integrated services to Mashpee residents. This was very helpful community." In support of its mission, Mashpee in communicating resources around Thanksgiving and Human Services plays an active role in regional Christmas and in bringing to light issues of concern in groups and coalitions, including: Barnstable County the community. Health and Human Services Advisory Council; Cape & Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition; Mashpee Mashpee Human Services continues to oversee Hoarding Task Force and the Mashpee Human 13 contracts between the Town of Mashpee and the Services Council. human service agencies providing a variety of ser- vices to Mashpee residents. This has been a very busy and productive year for the Human Services Department. Our annual Thanks for Giving Award will take place on January 18,2013 this year. We will be hon- In June, 2012, the Human Services Department oring one recipient. This award will be given posthu- moved from its location at 11 Cape Drive to 520 Main mously to Vye Larkin. Vye was not only an invaluable Street. This move has allowed the Department to have member of the Human Services Committee; she also a private and easily accessible location which is bene- worked with many charitable organizations in the ficial for residents. community to help those in need. At t ate to have he May, 2012 Town Meeting, voters Mashpee Human Services was fortunate approved an article that would allow for the first a volunteer through the senior center to assist the Human Services Needs Assessment for the town of department in gathering updated information for Mashpee. Through hiring Collaborative Research, a resources for the community. This resource guide will community and public health consulting firm, they soon be in brochure form and available to residents. will assess the efficacy of current services and develop an action plan for the future that will include current Mashpee Human Services provides clinical con- and long term needs of Mashpee residents. sultation with referrals from Mashpee Police Department, Mashpee Senior Center, Mashpee Mashpee Human Services continues to assist schools and all calls coming in concerning Mashpee Mashpee residents under the age of 60 with Fuel residents. Assistance Applications. We have a wonderful volun- teer that assists with the fuel assistance applications. Mashpee Human Services looks forward to Many residents had emergency situations in which meeting the needs of Mashpee residents in the coming they were left without heat and needed someone to year. We will look forward to the results of the advocate for them. Mashpee Human Services works Human Services Needs Assessment and incorporating closely with St. Vincent DePaul and the Cape Cod the recommendations in our long term goals. Times Needy Fund to help in these difficult situations. Respectfully submitted, The Mashpee Hoarding Task Force will continue Gail Wilson,M.Ed,LMHC to collaboratively address hoarding situations in the Human Service Coordinator town,Referrals have come in from the Mashpee Fire 171