MANSFIELD DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

AGENDA

 

Thursday, May 4, 2006

 3:30 PM

 

PRESENT: K. Grunwald (staff), B. Gouldsbrough, C. Viens (guest), D.Eddy 

 

I.                    MINUTES: The minutes of the April 6, 2006 meeting were accepted as written. 

 

II.                  NEW BUSINESS:

A.     Membership/Chair: K. Grunwald mentioned that Lisa Oransoff, a child psychologist, has expressed interest in joining this committee.  She has a schedule conflict at this time, but will be invited to attend the June meeting.  The committee decided to waive the election of a Chair until the committee is at full membership.  Carolyn Viens expressed interest in joining, and Jean Alcorn was suggested as another possible member.   

 

B.    Senior Services: K. Grunwald gave a brief overview of services offered through the senior center.  The Center is looking at recruiting younger seniors to participate in their programs.  B. Gouldsbrough suggested the possibility of joint programs/activities with Jensen’s. The President is Bob Powers, and the VP is Will Bigl.  We will explore joint programming opportunities, and K. Grunwald agreed to attend a clubhouse meeting to discuss this.

 

C.    Committee Goals: 06/07--- The only issue that was raised was that of elderly fraud and exploitation.

 

D.     “Other”: D. Eddy provided information about the Disability Advocacy Network.  On June 6 there will be a workshop on advocacy led by Betty Gallo.  The training will be from 5-9 at Windham High School. 

 

III.                OLD BUSINESS:

A.      Agency Funding Requests/Budget/Town Meeting: K. Grunwald provided an update on the status of the budget and the allocations to non-profit agencies. 

 

B.      Update: Assisted/Independent Living:  K. Grunwald updated the group on the Town’s attempt to acquire property from UConn.

 

C.      UConn Spring Weekend: brief update on activities of Spring Weekend.

 

 

D.      Other: none

 

     IV.  COMMUNICATIONS/REPORTS: 

A.     Review of Department activity and other items in packet and discussion with SSD Director.

B.          Program updates

·        Early Care and Education

·        Adult Services

·        Senior Services

·        Youth Services

C.    Other

 

V.        PLANS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS

§         June: Update on Storrs Center; Annual Review.

 

VI.       ADJOURNMENT: the meeting adjourned at 5:00 PM.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Kevin Grunwald