IN THEIR OWN WORDS

In September 2006, HFCA partners agreed thatwithin each of our organizations, across disciplines and among politicians, policymakers, and the public, that we would adopt a common strategy of:

• Creating awareness
• Improving knowledge
• Building specific skills
  

HFCA partners agreed to:

• Teach each other what is necessary to work collaboratively to provide the best health care for children and teens in foster care
• Attend one another’s meetings
• Write for one another’s newsletters and make newsletters open to one another’s work
• Share what is learned with the broader membership of each organization
• Develop and promote a joint political agenda at the national, state, and local levels
• Develop and promote a joint public awareness campaign to nurture grass-roots momentum for addressing the health needs of children and teens in foster care
• Collaborate on fund-raising efforts