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The General Federation of Women's Club Programs are separated into three categories: Community Service Programs, Special Projects, and GFWC Advancement Areas. All programs, previously found within each of the former departments, have been included in the six Community Service Programs. Collaboration Chairman and Partnership Chairman: Collaboration: These are programs and projects that clubs initiate independent of any GFWC relationship, while meeting the needs of their own communities. On the national level, the Community Service Program Collaboration Chairman works to promote GFWC member-and-club-initiated projects.  She will review GFWC club-initiated comunity servide projects, evaluate ways of sharing project successes, communicte the outcomes, and work to promote the Community Service program and its projects to the GFWC membership. The Collaboration Chairman will evaluate club projects that are inspired, developed, and implemented independent of any partnership with an outside organization.

Click here for a list of all of the Community Service Programs and Special Project Partners.

• Partnerships: These are programs and projects that a club carries out on behalf of the national or interntional level organizations with whom GFWC has a formal relationship, or partnership.  these partners have developed programs specially designed for GFWC clubs. GFWC partners are selected by GFWC on the  national level for their commitment to providing programs and members benefits that are unique and targeted for GFWC clubs.
• On the national level, the Community Service Program Partnership Chairman works to promote GFWC projects implemented in partnership with national level organizations and funders.  She will review community service projects proposed by GFW partner funders and organizations, evaluate ways of sharing project successes, communicate outcomes, and work to promote the Community Service Program and its projects to the GFWC membership.
• For each of the six Community Service Programs (Arts, Conservation, Education, Home Life, International Outreach, and Public Issues), there will be two national chairmen, Collaborations Chairman and Parnerships Chairman.
• While it is not necessary, it may be easier for states to design their state level programs and chairment to match how GFWC has structured its Community Service Programs by appointing a  Collaborations Chairman and Partnerships Chairman for each Community Service Program.

For the Signature Project, Domestic Violence Awareness, and the Juniors' Special Project, Advocacy for Children, each national chairman will serve the duties fo the collaboration and partnership chairman.

Because of the integral nature of the GFWC Advancement Area Projects: Public Affairs, Fundraising, Leadership, Membership, and the Women's History and Resource Center, these areas are now recognized as core Advancement areas of any successful program.  Each of these areas will have an "advancement" section in the 2010-2012 Club Manual.

The Contests, Awards, and Grants pages will provide guidlines for all GFWC and GFWC of Massachusetts, Junior Membership contests not associated with sprecific programs along with links to the necessary forms as well as list and provide information about available grants and awards along with links to the application forms where they are available.