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HUMAN SERVICES ADVISORY COMMISSION 2 MINUTES JANUARY 111 1999 1 2 3 Judy Cox brought up the point that in the Report the facilitators of the discussion groups 4 were not named in every instance, and that she thought there should be consistency 5 here as well. Mr. Kittrell said this could be excluded. 6 7 It was decided by consensus to exclude the category entitled, "Facilitators." 8 9 The Commission reviewed the Forum Report and November's meeting in order to 10 decide on a goal or recommendation to give to the Board of County Commissioners. 11 12 There was discussion of some of the ideas put forth at November's meeting, including 13 an Information and Referral System for the County and the reciprocity of dentists. 14 15 Mr. Kittrell explained the current status of the Information and Referral System. He said 16 that the system developed by the Triangle United Way did not work well, and that the 17 County decided not to participate in that project. The County is in the process of 18 developing its own Information and Referral System, he added. 19 20 Ms. Taylor found a common theme in the Forum Report and in the Forum to be a need 21 for information and referral about local resources, and access to those resources. She 22 said another theme of the Forum Report is provision of services. 23 24 Ms. Beverly Foster reminded us that Sue Russell at the November 16, 1998 meeting 25 thought that our recommendation should be looking at new sources for funding our 26 social services programs. 27 28 She also reminded us about what Mr. Hamrick said at the Forum that the mental health 29 system does not appear to be top of the line. 30 31 The recommendation of the November 16, 1998 meeting of the Commission on page 32 3, line 28, was discussed. The recommendation was to "hire a consultant to look at new 33 and creative funding strategies to address our contractible human services problems, 34 specifically the needs of housing, childcare, and transportation." 35 36 Ms: for said that she had not been able to attend the November meeting, and so had 37 not given her input on the recommendation decided upon at that meeting. She added 38 that she thought the theme of the 1998 Forum was our information and referral system 39 really needs support. Ms. Taylor thinks that the Human Services Advisory Commission 40 should lend its voice to the budgeting process of the County, and say that we think that 41 the Information and Referral System is a very good idea and recommend to the Board of 42 County Commissioners that it not be dropped or allowed to fall through the cracks. She 43 thinks that the biggest problem in human services in the County is not lack of them, but 44 lack of information about them and accessibility to them, not only for the citizenry but for 45 the health and human service professionals. 46 47 48 \ \OCEMAIL\APPS\ USERS\ USERS \NMARTIN \MY_DOCS \HSAC \MINUTES \011199.DOC; Last printed 02/15/99 9:42 AM