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1991 HSAC Forum Recommendations <br />Developing an operational vision of human services to provide guidance for human <br />services delivery and on -going human services planning was the purpose of the 1991 HSAC <br />Human Services Policy Forum. Forum participants spent the day in groups developing consensus <br />group statements in response to the following questions: <br />What is your vision for human services in Orange County? <br />What needs to take place to achieve these visions? <br />What do we need to stop doing now to achieve these visions? <br />The vision of Orange County Human Services which evolved from the Forum can be <br />summarized as follows: <br />A coordinated, efficient and collective network of public and private resources <br />which provide a continuum of ameliorative and preventive services for individual, <br />family and community problems of human development and daily living. This <br />network of services should both represent and validate the community values of <br />caring, respect, diversity, economic opportunity, optimal health, safety and the <br />enhancement of self - worth. Services should be accessible and offered with <br />minimum cost to users, and supported by a citizenry that is informed and educated <br />to the issues of human services. <br />Strategies/First Steps To Achieve The Vision <br />The strategies or first steps for achieving the proposed vision of human services in <br />Orange County as developed by the Fall, 1991 HSAC Forum are summarized as follows: <br />1. Develop an ownership of the vision with the various boards and the public at <br />large. <br />2. Strategically review current programs and services against those values expressed <br />in the vision. <br />3. Continue efforts to establish interprogram coordination and linkage mechanisms <br />(i.e. master client index). <br />4. Review programs for their accessibility to users, including transportation. <br />5. Develop more effective mechanisms for providing user and community input in <br />the development and operation of human services. <br />6. Continue efforts to create a "partnership" between County, the townships, State, <br />industry, private sector, the community at large, and the University. <br />7. Improve community education about programs and services. <br />