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FALMOUTH SERVICE CENTER $7,787.00 Food Pantry services and emergency financial Assistance GOSNOLD ON CAPE COD $4,659.00 Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Treatment INDEPENDENCE HOUSE $3,062.00 Services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault SALVATION ARMY $666.00 Emergency Assistance Programs SIGHT LOSS SERVICES $750.00 Support to those experiencing sight loss SOUTH COASTAL LEGAL SERVICE $2,263.00 Legal Services to low income and elderly residents ST. VINCENT DE PAUL $7,254.00 Food Pantry and financial assistance to needy families VNA/CAPE COD $10,915.00 Provides home healthcare to residents of Cape Cod TOTAL $46,592.00 The Human Services Department responds to an array of needs, working with a resident to determine what resource is needed and often connecting them to that service. Connection to resources is crucial when individuals are overwhelmed and in crisis or just need support. The Department is an outreach site for Fuel Assistance Applications that get sent on to South Shore Community Action Council. Many residents take advantage of this opportunity to complete the applications right here at town hall. Often additional services are recommended that could be helpful. The Department has five initiatives which are continually being addressed and new programs are developed: Substance Use; Mental Health; Homelessness; Advocacy for the Disabled and Supporting Regional Initiatives The Mashpee Substance Use Task Force continues strong with the same original members since the first meeting September 21, 2016 to an increased membership today. The Task Force Force continues with the Drop -In Night as it enters its third year. Drop - In Night moved back to the Community Health Center during 2019 as members of the Task Force felt there would be more privacy and would better back in the medical setting. By the end of 2019 the decision was made to shorten the hours of Drop -In Night to go from 4:00 to 6:00pm. Thank you to Karen Gardner and the Community Health Center staff for welcoming us back to the Health Center. Also, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Cape Cod & the Islands joined Drop -In Night as a new Partner. NAMI is a non- profit organization that serves families and friends of individuals with mental illness as well as those themselves who have mental illness. Our other Partners are: Adcare, AIDS Support Group/Narcan Training; Alateen/Alanon Family Groups, Alcoholics Anonymous; Cape Cod Neighborhood Support Coalition; Caron Treatment Center; Community Health Center of Cape Cod, Duffy Health Center, Gosnold, Habit OPCO, Moms Do care, Narcotics Anonymous, Parents Supporting Parents, PIER Recovery Center, Teen Challenge, Vaping Informational Table, Wellstrong. By the end of 2019 we have 18 partners. Each partner has a table with resource information and each agency or group has a representative. In 2019 we were faced with an epidemic of Vamping, children as young as middle school had begun to Vape. We added a Vaping Information table to Drop -In Night with K.C. Coombs nurse Stacey Schakel there to answer any questions. The first night back at the Health Center Mashpee Schools hung posters as the result of a Vaping Poster Contest. As 2019 went on, several deaths were attired to Vaping, a whole new generation was now addicted to nicotine. The Department chaired several subcommittees within the Task Force; Business Subcommittee; Fundraising Subcommittee and currently an Educational Initiative, Reading towards Recovery. The Fundraising Subcommittee set up a donation account and the Task Force received generous donations from Sandwich Kiwanis and Cape Cod Five for advertising Drop -In Night. Marketing Drop -In Night is a continuous process, with a regular column in in the Mashpee Enterprise, members of the Task Force wrote columns that focused on substance use and resource information. The Task Force started its own Facebook page with reminders about Drop -In Night and articles that focused on .m