Each agency signing this Consortium Agreement agrees to work with other organizations, and HIV infected and affected women and teens, to accomplish the following:
 

• identify health and social service needs of HIV affected women, children and adolescents;
• develop an active referral network to improve coordination of services;
• assign representative(s) to act as liaison between SPARC and agency (to disseminate appropriate information to staff who do not attend SPARC meetings, and to provide relevant agency information regarding services and needs to other SPARC Consortium members);
• attend meetings of the SPARC Consortium - anticipated to be held twice a year (agencies represented on the Steering Council are anticipated to meet quarterly).  If a designated representative is unable to attend a meeting, a delegate should be assigned to take her/his place;
• participate in subcommittes formed address specific service gaps/barriers/etc. and develop strategies to resolve these issues;
• promote full access to existing community-based resources and advocate for the creation of additional services to fill unmet needs;
• incorporate the provision of risk reduction information and education into comprehensive care programs (including both information of theose at risk for HIV infection and information on the maintenance of health for those living with HIV/AIDS);
• work collaboratively with other agencies to develop new programs to meet identified needs (possibly including the submission of joint grant proprosals).