HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE - To consist of five (5) members with responsibility for:

Oversight, representation, and as appropriate, to make recommendations to the County Legislature, with regards to all matters pertaining to the activities, programs, duties, responsibilities, personnel, expenses of offices, purchase of equipment, maintenance of records and accounts or other matters relating to the offices, departments, agencies or programs listed below, including those specifically identified as follows:
(1) Social Services: Including all matters relating to the duties, powers, and responsibilities of the County Commissioner of Social Services, in the administration of public assistance and care, or other matters which relate specifically to the administration of the County's Social Services Programs, excluding the County Infirmary.
(2) Veterans' Services: Including all matters relating to the County Veterans' Service Director or officer, Steuben County War Memorial, claims for soldiers' burial and headstones, and representation of the County Legislature in all matters pertaining to veterans or veterans' affairs.
(3) Youth Bureau: Including all matters relating to the administration of the Steuben County Youth Board and Programs.
(4) Office for the Aging: Including all matters relating to the County-sponsored programs and services for senior citizens, including fiscal and programmatic planning, the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, outreach, information and referral; administration, coordination, and monitoring of contracts for legal, nutrition, home and health care, transportation, senior employment, HEAP, etc; and representation of the County Legislature in all matters pertaining to services for senior citizens provided through the Office for the Aging.

Representation, oversight, and recommendations to the County Legislature as appropriate, on matters pertaining to the following Boards, Commissions, or agencies:

Steuben County Economic Opportunity Program (S.C.E.O.P.)
Steuben County Human Services Committee
Family Services

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