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3 <br /> executive summary <br /> The Orange County Human Services Reform Task Force met from <br /> March through July 1996 to make recommendations relating to human <br /> services in anticipation of federal and state changes in funding and <br /> reporting requirements. <br /> We adapted the Human Services Advisory Commission vision statement <br /> into vision and mission statements, and we identified the following <br /> guidelines to assist in human services decision making. <br /> • Provide the essential elements of well-being, as presented in this report, not <br /> otherwise accessible through the private, nonprofit and public sectors. <br /> • Develop policies, regulations and guidelines that help realize the outcomes of <br /> well-being for individuals and their families. <br /> • Make investments in human services programs that contribute to outcomes of <br /> well-being and economic self-sufficiency and that demonstrate cost savings, <br /> cost benefits, or cost effectiveness. <br /> • Provide incentives to create jobs above the minimum wage to ensure <br /> economic self-sufficiency for all Orange County citizens. <br /> We developed a set of outcomes criteria to guide the community in <br /> developing consensus about outcomes expectations for human services. <br /> The Task Force recommends that all outcomes shall: <br /> • be mmsurable <br /> • support our vision <br /> • focus on people <br /> • provide a basis for setting priorities <br /> • address prevention as well as intervention <br /> • reflect reality; e.g., outcomes do not cost more than we have, but are not driven <br /> by resources; they have the support of all stakeholders, consider recipient <br /> responsibility, and are kept current <br />