Minutes 10/13/11
Next Meeting: November 10/2011
Chairwomen: Debra Obenhoff and Judith McKinnon
Treasurer: Fred Ratto
Secretary: Allison Reynolds
Welcome
Update: The Long Term Care Council Workforce Development meeting that was held on 10/12/11 had a great turnout. The goal of the meeting was to create work groups that will focus on the topics of housing, transportation, civic responsibility, and employment. If anyone was not able to attend the meeting and would like to participate in one of the groups please contact Jocelyn Blanchard at jblanchard@sail-center.org.
New Hire Minute: Warren County Has Cival Service Job openings.
Agency Spotlight: Moreau Commuinty Center
Speaker: Donna Nicholes
The Moreau Commuinty Center offers an array of services to the commuinity. They provide senior programs such as a congregate mealsite. They have childcare before and after school programs in four surrounding schools. They have a summer camp program. A nursery school for ages 2-5. They have been doing a backpack program which fills a childs backpack with food items to get them through the weekend if their family is not financially able to provide. They make holiday baskets and work with surrounding churchs to serve people in need of a holiday meal. They have a food pantry and thrift store on site.
They are currently working with a grant they just got to be a crisis call center for the area. The call center will provide individuals in need that are feeling helpless and need assistance. If anyone is interested in going through the training to work with call center please call Donna at the commuinty center.
Educational Speaker: Northeast Region 211 United Way
Speaker: Anne Disaro
211 is a phone number for individuals to call and receive access to information, referral to other services, and crisis help. 211 is a non-emergency health, crisis and human services information anf referral resource. They are a crisis and suicide prevention hotline offered via phone and chat. The resource help individuals to gain a better understanding of what resources are in their area. It is an easy why to get information. It is confidential and the individual can talk with a person. Call specialists will ask the person questions to get a better understanding of what their need is then they will help with a safety plan and referrals as needed. They serve 12 counties right now. They are getting 1,300-2,600 call per month and the database includes over 1,750 agencies to refer to. Data is collected from each call and used to track trending in commuinty needs. If you would like to change our agency information or add your agency to their database please email jwolski@211neny.org.
