Commonalities exist between family and consumer sciences (FCS) middle and secondary teachers and Cooperative Extension Service (CES) state and county faculty. From educational backgrounds to the content and societal issues of concern, FCS teachers and CES faculty follow similar paths, with differences in the audiences they reach and the settings in which they work. Collaboration between FCS teachers and CES faculty seems logical, allowing valuable resources to be shared. However, little is known about collaboration between these two groups. A review of the literature found no previous studies on collaboration between FCS teachers and CES faculty. The Advisory Committees of the FCS and Extension Home Economics (EHE) Departments at New Mexico State University (NMSU) are groups of individuals who represent each FCS content area and provide suggestions and guidance related to programmatic issues for the departments. The committees suggested during one of their yearly meetings that efforts be made to foster collaboration between the FCS teachers and CES faculty. Based on their recommendation, a plan was developed and implemented by FCS/EHE faculty to work toward fostering collaboration between the two groups. The objectives of the project were to develop, implement, and evaluate a template for meetings to foster collaboration between FCS teachers and CES faculty, to measure existing collaborative efforts between the two groups, to determine levels of interest in or need for collaboration as perceived by the groups, and to identify potential areas for collaboration. Funding was provided by the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at NMSU for spring 2010.