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C_X HUMAN SERVICES ADVISORY COMMISSION MINUTES FEBRUARY 21,2000 1 1 Page 1 of 4 1 C 2 3 4 The regularly - scheduled meeting of the Human Services Advisory Commission was held 5 on Monday, February 21, 2000 at 5:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center, in 6 Chapel Hill, N.C. 7 8 MEMBERS PRESENT Louise Echols, Co- chair; Natalie Ammarell; Marvin Block; 9 Deborah Kinert; Rosetta Moore (substituting for Dee Gamble); Sue Russell; Cathleen 10 Trask; Rebecca A. Young. 11 12 MEMBERS ABSENT Dee Gamble; Mel Hurston; Barry Jacobs; Lynette Jeffries; Donald 13 David Thompson, Jr.; Rosetta Wash 14 15 STAFF PRESENT Nancy C. Martin, Assistant to the Clerk 16 17 STAFF ABSENT Albert Kittrell, Assistant County Manager 18 19 20 WELCOME AND MEMBER UPDATE: The members introduced themselves and gave 21 updates on their department's activities. 22 23 Rosetta Moore, Chair of the Orange County Board of Social Services, was substituting 24 for Dee Gamble, who has a scheduling conflict until June because of a class. Ms. 25 Moore discussed the "Work First" Training Program. 26 27 Deborah Kinert, Member, At- Large, reported on the activities of the Nursing Home 28 Community Advisory Committee, of which she is also a member. This Committee is 29 currently posting its activities, minutes and reports on the World Wide Web via the 30 Orange County Internet Site. The Committee continues to visit and inspect County 31 Nursing Home facilities. 32 33 Marvin Block, Member, representing the Advisory Board on Aging, reported on the 34 Orange County Department on Aging Information Line, 967 -2087, available 9 a.m. — 35 4 p.m., Monday — Friday. Regarding the emergency situation faced in early February 36 because of the snow storm, he said that the Department on Aging contacted 165 senior 37 citizens by telephone to inquire about their needs. Mr. Block said that the Department 38 on Aging is making every effort to remedy the situations that occurred during this snow 39 storm of stranded elderly persons. 40 41 Cathleen Trask, Member, representing Communities -in- Schools, said that there are 42 currently 1,100 students being helped by the programs of CIS in Orange County. She 43 also reported that because she and her husband will be relocating to Florida this 44 summer, she regrets that she must resign from the Human Services Advisory 45 Commission. 46 47 Louise Echols, Member, At- Large, works at the Orange County Health Department and 48 reported that the Department is celebrating "Health Month." 49 50 \ \OCEMAIUAPPS\ USERS \USERS \NMARTINVAssistantDocs2 \HUMAN SERVICES Advisory Commission \MINUTES \02212000.doc;