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STATUS REPORT TASK FORCE FOR THE FUTURE OF HUMAN SERVICES February 3, 1992 3 The Task Force for the Future of Human services is a temporary ad hoc committee formed to advise decision - makers on ways to enable the human services community to become more pro - active and effective in addressing human service needs throughout Orange County. The Task Force began meeting in May, 1991, and has been meeting monthly since then. Participants on the Task Force represent the Human Services Advisory Commission, Chapel Hill's and Carrboro's Human Services Advisory Boards, the United Way Board, and the Association of Community Agencies. (See attached roster.) During the summer of 1991, the Task Force members met to draft their mission statement and the job description of the intern who will be working on the project. The United Way and Orange County agreed to share the salary expense for the intern. Margaret Henderson was hired to fill the position and began working on September 16, in time to attend the annual HSAC Human Services Forum. The Task Force expects to present a final report to the Commissioners by the summer of 1992. This status report describes our efforts to date to accomplish the four primary objectives of the Task Force: 1. Fostering agreement on a basic philosophy to govern delivery of human services in the county. The report on the 1991 Human Services Policy Forum offers a draft statement to describe the vision of what the human services system should look like, why services exist, and what contributions providers can make. Once it is finalized, this mission statement will guide us as we proceed through the Future Planning Process. The Task Force is working with HSAC to solicit the input of human service providers to ensure that there will be broad -based acceptance of the vision statement. Page 1