Starting a Regional Group in Your Community

Widening the Circle

Goals of RCC Regional Group

Create a Planning Team

Suggested Meeting Guildlines

Facilitator's Role

Suggested Meeting Practices

Developing and Sustaining a Regional Group

Financial and In-Kind Support

Evaluation

Develop a Regional Relationship-Centered Care Group
in Your Community

Widening the Circle

Because RCC is about relationship and connection, it is important to extend personal invitations to potential members whenever possible. However, direct mail and electronic listservs can ably inform a wider audience of regional RCC activities. Any group or organization interested in the health and well-being of their community contains potential RCC group members. Examples include:

	Healthcare professionals and institutions
	Health, health-advocacy, and aging-related agencies
	Educational institutions
	Faith-based communities
	Health plans and insurance providers
	Hospital administrators
	Community leaders: political, social, religious