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Proposal to create Southborough human services department presented to Youth Commission
Summary
Sam Sivers introduced a concept to consolidate youth, senior and veteran services under a single human services director; commissioners and trustees asked questions about timing, scope and governance and next steps include outreach to the Council on Aging.
Sam Sivers presented a concept to form a consolidated human services department for the Town of Southborough during the Jan. 14 Youth Commission meeting, saying the proposal would group youth and family services, senior services and veteran services under a single director to improve coordination and efficiency.
The idea, Sivers said, grew from experience in health care and social services where “problems rarely occur in isolation,” and from an opportunity created by anticipated retirements at the senior center. “If we were to form, for example, a human services department that would include youth and family services, would include senior services, and for starters, at least the veterans services, which are all sort of independent operations…
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