The Healthy Families and Communities Task Force (HFC) was convened by King County Executive Ron Sims in July 2005 and charged with identifying the amount of financing needed to stabilize human services for the future; identifying possible new revenue sources for that funding; and identifying the charge, membership and appointment process for a new Regional Human Services Board. Members represented government, business, faith, housing, social services and philanthropy. They met monthly for ten months, issuing their final report in June 2006. See: Task Force members.
Background
The HFC was meant to pick up where the earlier Task Force on Regional Human Services (TFRHS) left off, moving the human services system closer to stability. Their work built on that of the TFRHS, as well as the work of the council and the council's Regional Policy Committee in studying the countywide human service systems. As before, the Healthy Families and Communities Task Force focused its work on a specific, identified set of services (103 KB DOC) to be provided through a countywide partnership, and grouped into five Community Goal Areas.
