Three new Vision Councils (VC) were established under the Resource Investment Cabinet (RIC) for the 2008-2010 grant cycle: Helping Children Succeed (HCS), Fostering Self-Sufficiency (FSS), and Caring for Seniors and People with Disabilities (CSPD). Each VC is comprised of community volunteers with a volunteer chairperson and vice-chair, as well as a RI department staff person. The chair and vice-chair serve on the RIC and represent their VC’s interests and concerns.

Vision Councils meet bi-monthly in the months in which RIC does not meet. Their main focus is fourfold: to monitor currently funded projects and initiatives during the grant cycle, to advocate and educate the community on the non-funding issues identified in the RI Plan, to assess continuously the changing community needs under their VC and to recommend new or revised funding, and to manage a newly created VC “initiative fund” that will develop new initiatives in each VC area with funds carved out of the general grant pool. To find out more information or volunteer, please contact Pat Cacacie at 609.637.4910 or email .