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west hennepin human services planning b T1W# 6VT <br />4100 vernon avenue south, st. louts pO, <br />wait 920.5533 <br />human In <br />�u <br />[tfY�c!/ <br />October-23, 1989 <br />Dear West Hennepin Member Municipality; <br />The Human Services Councils, including West Hennepin Human Services Planning Board, <br />have been recommended by the County Administrator to have their Hennepin County funding <br />ended on January 1, 1990. This would be a devastating blow to West Hennepin Human <br />Services Planning Board. <br />From our very begintuing, West Hennepin Human Services Planning Board has been a <br />partnership between arei tunicipalities and Hennepin County to assure that there are <br />adequate services that are accessible to residents of the West Hennepin communities. A key <br />element has been both the municipal and county funding. Now Hennepin County is proposing <br />to withdraw their half of the partnership. <br />West Hennepin Human Services Plarudng Board has been a cost effective way for West <br />Hennepin municipalities to join together to make sure there is planning for human services. <br />We have worked to make sure that human service tax dollars are brought back in the form of <br />services that meet the real needs of area residents. Before West Hennepin Human Services <br />began, Hennepin County provided very few services in the West Hennepin area. In the 16 <br />years of our existence, we have successfully worked to build a coordinated, cost-effective <br />system. <br />We are asking our member municipalities to pass the enclosed resolution and send it to all <br />of the Hennepin County Commissioners on our behalf. Enclosed is a fact sheet outlining the <br />effect of the proposes: cut. <br />It is unfortunate that we have been put in the pc�ition to put so inuch energy into lobbying <br />Hennepin County for our own funding. We would prefer to be able 'co spend all of our time <br />and energy advocating for a service system to benefit the citizens of the West Hennepin area. <br />We hope that you will support our efforts to retain our Hennepin County funding. <br />If you would like further information, please contact Marcy Shapiro or Bruce Larson of our <br />staff at 920-5533, or your municipality's representatives on our Board of Directors. <br />Sincerely, <br />Dale Woodbeck, Chair <br />Board of Directors <br />encl <br />