HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-09-08CounciCfor~L'uman Serrvices/Contract ~'e7riew Committee
Meeting of Monday September 8, 2008
AGENDA 2 Fairgrounds Meeting Room
Time: 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
^ Call the meeting to order.
^ Review the agenda: changes /additions Approval of CHS Minutes 7-9-08
^ Introductions
ITEMS
I. Updates ~ Continuum =af Care Model
CHS- Working on Goals
II. Contract Review Committee- Establish
Funding priorities
III. Senior Health Fair/ Fuel Assistance
IV. Next steps
ACTION(S) ~ DECISION(S)
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Set time ~ date ~ place of next meeting:
• Agenda items:
Motion to adjourn
Council for Human Services/Contract Review Committee
Joint meeting September 8, 2008
Attending: John Belash, Jack Gardner, Sue Marks, Alice McWade, Eve Messing,
Rachel Rosen, Linda Williams, Jackie McCrady, Maryanne Worth, Ann Medina.
Absent: Christy Kickham, Mary Wawro, Greg Mehringer.
This meeting is being held so that the Contract Review Committee (CRC) and the
Council for Human Service (CHS) members could talk about any changes or
additions that they would like to see in the Budget Requests for FY10. The main
purpose of the meeting is to determine priorities of needs this year in the
community and how best the CRC dollars can be spent on these needs.
Peter Swenson a few weeks ago explained the ~~continuum of care" model to the
Board of Selectmen at their meeting. Patty Roggeveen and Michael Kopko stated
that ~~they would meet with Maryanne and Peter to take a look at improving the
current CRC process and look at other possible revenue sources for the Town's
health and human services budget." No meeting has happened yet. The CRC
process will begin following this meeting. The budget requests will be sent out
next week as well as an ad put in the newspapers advertising where to pick up
the applications for funding, date due (OCT 20t") etc.
Maryanne reported that the United Way of Cape Cod and the Islands has
expressed an interest in coming out to the Island to do a all day workshop on
community collaboration and what funders are looking for in funding requests.
Maryanne asked Jackie if the council could collaborate with the Community
Foundation on this. Jackie reported that some of the forums she had lined up for
the Community Foundation are not going to take place. Maryanne and Jackie will
continue discussion about this. Eve will help (please give a specific chore) Alice
and John will help (please call to see if they are available).
At the last council meeting the members looked at past goals and priorities of
the CHS and CRC. The CRC has not met officially yet, and as of now there is not
a BOS representative on the committee. If the BOS choose not to send a
representative this year CRC members hoped Christy would consider chairing
again this year. The list of the CRC priorities from last year was handed out to
look at. Questions that will need to be answered this year are; what are the
critical needs this year for our community? Should we keep it broad or be
specific? (Maybe we could put in very specific targets under certain sections) Is
the service essentially to the health and welfare of Nantucket residents? Does
the proposed service address priorities determined through Community Needs
Assessment Survey 2006? The information from the 2006 survey is currently on
the town's web-site.
Discussion continued on how Elder Services' funding is specifically for the Meals-
on-Wheels program as per their request. According to the needs assessment
survey, affordable housing is a need in the community and the IFC Rental
Assistance Program (NRAP) addresses this need. NRAP is on a case by case
basis, clients get counseling, the rental unit is checked out to make sure it is
safe. The cap is $3,000 and the money goes directly to the landlord. NRAP has
hired a coordinator to oversee this program. They have also been very successful
raising money through grants this year. Under the criteria of economic issues:
What about job skills training? There was the LPN program through the
Community Schools which helped the Island Home recruit more nurses. The
CHS/CRC members decided they do not want to get more specific. They would
like to encourage new people to submit a request; it is usually the same groups
every year. We could put suicide prevention under mental health. A council
member thought "suicide prevention" should be worded as "crisis intervention"
out of respect for the families who have lost a loved one. Under health care
should be "access to". Rachel shared with the group that there are now three
dentists here on the Island that take Mass Health: Dr. Miner, Dr. Mulcahy and
Dr. Torres. Maybe the Oral Task Force could apply for funding. Healthy
alternatives could be funded under the substance abuse programs. One idea for
a healthy alternative is a community radio station that would be run by the youth
of the community. Rachel, Karyn Lindsay (ASAP coordinator) and Maryanne are
working with Congressman Delahunt to get a low frequency license. There used
to be a station that was out at the airport, it was suggested that Bob Thompson
would be the person to contact for more information about that.
After much discussion the CHS/CRC identified the following community needs
this year:
• Workforce Housing (Rental assistance, Homelessness, Emergency
Housing)
• Economic Issues (basic needs, income, employment, job skills)
• Mental Health and Emotional Well-being (children, youth, adults) Crisis
Intervention, Healthy alternatives (activities) for youth
• Healthcare (access, health insurance, medical care, dental care)
• Substance Abuse (tobacco, alcohol, drugs-youth and adult use )
• Information (about services, referrals, dissemination)
The Senior Health Fair is this Saturday 9/13 and Maryanne would like two
volunteers to hand out information for the fuel assistance program and the
Humans Services brochure. Eve will do it from 10 a.m. to 12 N and Rachel will do
it from 12N to 2 p. m. The next Counci/meeting is schedu/ed for Monday
October20`~h at 11;30, The meeting adjourned at 1:00.
Respectfully submitted by,
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