The Lane County Board of Commissioners in cooperation with the Cities of Eugene and Springfield through the Human Services Commission (HSC) is seeking applications from citizens interested in serving on the Human Services Community Action Advisory Committee.

The Community Action Advisory Committee (CAAC) provides advice on services that alleviate the conditions of poverty and promote and improve the health, well being, self-sufficiency, and safety of low-income, disadvantaged and disabled Lane County residents.  The committee reviews the budget and plans for the operation of human services sponsored by the Human Services Commission.  A general list of services under the current budget and plan are:

• Crisis Intervention, Information and Referral, and Outreach Services for homeless, mentally-ill, survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, Latinos and youth.
• Crisis Prevent Services assisting with rent, utility payments, energy conservation, financial management education and home weatherization.
• Emergency Housing and Access Center Services for homeless persons.
• Health Care for homeless and/or for low-income uninsured or underinsured persons.
• Self-Sufficiency Services including supportive housing, independent living, case management, rent assistance, and supportive services for families, at-risk youth and seniors.
• Nutrition Services including residential meals, food boxes, meal to go and soup kitchens.
• Veterans Services assisting veterans and/or dependants and survivors in obtaining veteran’s health, disability and other benefits.

Meeting Schedule:  Meets monthly and as needed during budget and planning cycles.

Membership: Four members are designated to represent the jurisdictions public officials; four members are representatives for low-income persons including public welfare, advocacy organizations, and a human services recipient and urban and rural representative of low-income, and four members represent clergy, health care, criminal justice, and rural and urban communities

 
Vacancy: One vacancy is under recruitment for a Community Representative, and three vacancies for Public Official or their Designee.

Term of Appointment:  The community representative is a four-year term, the public official or designee positions are one-year terms.

 
Application Deadline: 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 22, 2012

Applications are available in the Board of Commissioners' Office located on the Plaza Level of the Public Service Building located at 125 East 8th Avenue in Eugene.  To request an application by mail, please call 682-4203. 

Applications are also available on-line from the Lane County website at http://www.lanecounty.org/Departments/BCC/Pages/AdvisoryCommittees.aspx. 

For additional information about the Human Services Commission, please visit our website at http://www.co.lane.or.us/HSC/ or you are welcome to call 682-3798.