The ACTION Council of Monterey County, Inc. was created in 1994 to address the reduction in government funding for health and human services for low-income and vulnerable people. Our goals are to create public/private partnerships to promote economic and social justice; to initiate community dialogue and action on critical issues; to provide a focal point for achieving community transformation and to develop resources to facilitate needed change. The ACTION Council has four areas of focus:

• Fiscal Sponsorship: ACMC acts as fiscal agent for 24 coalitions of individuals who provide valuable services, which are often not available through traditional community resources.
  
  
• Program Incubation: Based on periodic community assessments, the ACTION Council has initiated several programs, which demonstrate our success in identifying community needs, developing program plans, securing funding, implementing and sustaining programs.
  
  
• Research, Evaluation and Assessment: REAP provides a full-range of research, evaluation, and assessment services to local nonprofits, foundations, public agencies, and other community-based organizations.
  
  
• Convening: ACMC has initiated community-wide forums on such issues as the status of women and girls and the effects of the economic downturn on non-profit organizations.

  The ACTION (Advocacy, Community Transformation, Incubating, Organizing, Networking) Council’s goals presuppose a strong commitment to educate and inform funding agencies, public policy makers and the community on issues that impact Monterey County to initiate needed change. The Council has partnered with both public and private agencies to successfully produce systems change, and is actively invited to take a leadership role in planning for and implementing such transformation.

  We have achieved considerable success in identifying community needs, fostering community partnerships and developing new projects when our involvement can make a critical difference. We lend our passion, creativity, expertise, leadership and resources to achieve sustainable programs and then set them free.

  Click here to view the ACTION Council video.