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auquit 19" <br />ne rletter <br />4100 WGIA00 aYfAwt fouth, A. lowli park 15416 920-5553 <br />PLANNINC BOARD SETS SOCrAL SERVICES PRIORITIES <br />The West Hennepin area Community <br />Social Services priorities which <br />will be recommended to the Hennepin <br />County Board for 1985 funding were <br />finalized by West Hennepin Human <br />Services Planning Board on July 10. <br />The Board reached its decision after <br />a year -long information gathering <br />process which included a aemographic <br />study, 11 service provider meetings, <br />2 community informational meetings <br />and a survey of area providers, aunici- <br />pal managers and c.insumers of County <br />programs. The culmination of this <br />effort was a June 19 community public <br />hearing at the Minnetonka City Hall <br />where the fiadi.ngs and proposed pr,or- <br />ities were presented. At that time, <br />the public was invited to make oral <br />or written comments on human service <br />program priorities for the West Hennepin <br />area. The majority of comments this <br />year supported the priorities as <br />proposed, especially in relation <br />to child care, respite care, chemical <br />dependency prevention programs, Develop- <br />mental Achievement Centers, Work <br />Achievement Centers, transportation, <br />counseling and development of a suburban <br />mental health treatment center. <br />Commenters requesting alterations <br />ir, the tentative priorities suggested: <br />^­gher priority for community proKrims <br />for the mentally handicapped; defunding <br />domestic abuse programs; more funding <br />for teen outreach; and funding and <br />finding for client advocates to work <br />wish agencies. <br />In drawing up the final priorities, <br />the Board gave special consideration <br />to the survey on human service needs <br />which w's conducted in mid -June. <br />The survey indicated high n-ed areas <br />to be employment, child care, family <br />violence programs (particularly for <br />children), abuse programs for youth, <br />emergency services in -home services <br />for elderly and handicapped individuals, <br />respite care, counseling, crisis <br />intervention, and residential treatment <br />facilities for mentally ill and mentally <br />handicapped citizens. <br />The final funding priorities for <br />human service programs in the West <br />Hennepin area are: <br />1. Mental Health Crisis Intervention <br />1. Emergency Social Services <br />3. Child Care <br />4. Counseling <br />5. Employment, Training 6 Counseling <br />6. In -Home Services for Elderly and <br />Disabled <br />1. Family Violence Programs <br />A. Chrmical Ulependenc v c.irly Inter - <br />Continued on next pege <br />