Author:  Fran Wenger

Date:  November 2000

Location:  N/A

Background:  In 1997, the Interfaith Health Program worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to host an initial meeting on “Realigning Religious Health Assets.” Health care conversion foundations with a religious mission and a commitment to improving the health of the public participated in this dialogue and became the foundational network later known as the “Strong Partners.” The Strong Partners network helped to set the stage for IHP’s work in community-based networks across the US—networks still in partnership today—through the Institute for Faith and Health Collaboration at the CDC. This document summarizes the activities carried out under the Strong Partners initiative as of November 2000.

Download Strong Partners Program Report to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention