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Human Services Advisory Commission — Minutes — October 15, 2001 Page 2 of 5 Mr. Block spoke about the proposed Senior Centers that are planned to be built with Bond Funds. He handed out some brochures and gave statistics that there are the same number of elderly citizens as there are students in the two school systems in the County. Ms. Wash asked what the HSAC could do to help with bond education. Ms. Hinton replied that it would be helpful for each HSAC member to place Bond Education brochures at their individual agencies. She added that the County Manager's office and the Bond Education Committee can send speakers to any meeting, such as a Homeowner's Association or a church, regarding the proposed Bond. MINUTES OF AUGUST 19, 2001 were approved as presented upon the motion of Ms. Barnhill and the second of Ms. Young. Vote was unanimous. FORUM DISCUSSION: Ms. Hinton said that the minutes of the September 12, 2001 Forum were completed last week, and that the next step is for Ms. Kimberly Cannon to develop a Draft Report from them. Ms. Hinton said that the HSAC will then look at the minutes and the draft report. She added that this could be presented at the Board of County Commissioners (B.O.C.C.) Retreat in December 2001. Mr. Jacobs brought up the subject of the best way to present these reports to the B.O.C.C. There was discussion about presenting only the Reports from the 1999 Latino Forum and the 2000 Mental Health Forum at the 2001 B.O.C.C. Retreat and presenting the 2001 Poverty Forum Report in early 2002. Ms. Russell said that she thought it was part of the charge of the Human Services Advisory Commission to come up with a policy statement or analysis each year of the Annual Forum. Ms. Barnhill made a motion, Mr. Hurston seconded, that the HSAC Forum Reports of 1999 and 2000 be presented by Co -Chair Wash at the B.O.C.C. Retreat, December 2001. Ms. Young asked when would the 2001 Forum Report be presented? Ms. Barber and Ms. Hinton suggested that a place for this presentation could be reserved on one of the B.O.C.C. agendas for March 2002. VACANCIES ON HSAC Mr. Jacobs asked about the vacancies and suggested that we put that on the agenda in November. MEMBERSHIP STATUS OF DEBBIE KINERT Mr. Jacobs asked about Ms. Kinert, who has indicated that she may need to resign. Ms. Paciga said she had emailed her but had not had a response yet and will check on that. DUPLICATION OF SERVICES BY ORANGE COUNTY HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES Mr. Hurston asked if there had been any study done of duplication of the services offered by human service agencies in the County. Ms. Barnhill said that United Way looks at that when they distribute funding. Ms. Hinton added that when the Orange County Human Services Management Team looks at the non - profit funding applications in the spring each year that they look at overlapping services. Ms. Echols added that the Health Department also collaborates with agencies to reduce duplication of services. Mr. Block commented that they could expand their services without diluting their services. Ms. Wash said that maybe this topic should be a discussion for a later date or even a topic for a forum. Ms. Hinton said that the funding application may be a good place to include something about this. Ms. Russell said that it is a very complex issue. She knows that many of the agencies Protecting and Preserving — People, Resources, Quality of Life Orange County, North Carolina — You Count! AREA CODE (919) 245 -2125: FAX (919) 644 -0246: EMAIL: npaciga(cDco.oran orange. nc.us : WEB: mviw.co.orange.nc.us