SD16 - The Establishment of a Statewide Information and Referral System for Human Services Programs
Executive Summary: The Joint Subcommittee Studying the Establishment of a Statewide Information and Referral System for Human Services Programs was authorized to conduct its study by Senate Joint Resolution No. 69, agreed to during the 1983 Session of the General Assembly [Appendix A]. The Joint Subcommittee was directed to study existing information and referral services in the Commonwealth to determine the need to expand and integrate these services into a statewide system which would inventory all public and private human service programs. The Joint Subcommittee was also charged with determining the amount of funds necessary to establish such a statewide system. A statewide information and referral system could serve several purposes. Primarily, it would ensure that citizens are directed to needed and available services offered by human service programs. In addition, the data collected in the system can facilitate the identification of needed services and of services duplicated in the public and private sectors. Such a system would be an important tool in planning the development or elimination of services. The membership of the Joint Subcommittee consists of Senator Stanley C. Walker, Chairman, and Senator Elmo G. Cross, Jr., of the Senate Finance Committee; Senators Evelyn M. Hailey and Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr., of the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services; Delegates Owen B. Pickett and Arthur R. Giesen, Jr., of the House Appropriations Committee; and Delegates Robert W. Ackerman, Mary A. Marshall and S. Vance Wilkins, Jr., of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions. |
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