Municipal Advisory Councils (MAC)
Current MAC & Board Openings
Riverside County Flood Control Commission - Zone 1 &3- One opening in each zone
See Map : www.rcflood.org/About-the-District/District-Zones-2021
In Home Support Services (IHSS)Advisory Committee - Consumer or Caregiver
Behavioral Health Commission - Must be a Parent, Spouse, Sibling or Adult Child of a Person receiving Mental Health Services
Advisory Council on Aging - Open (seeking qualified applicants)
First 5 Children & Families Advisory Committee - Open (seeking qualified applicants)
Woodcrest Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) - 2 Alternate opening
Good Hope Municipal Advispry Council (MAC) - 1 Member opening
Lakeland Village CommunityAdvisory Council (CAC) - 1Alternate opening
Advisory Committee on Substance
Advisory Council on Aging
Assessment Appeals Board No. 2
Behavioral Health Commission (BHC)
www.rcdmh.org/Mental-Health-Board
Children & Families Advisory Committee
- Provide essential geographic input and ensure issues unique to these areas of the County are elevated to the Commission’s attention.
- Conduct forums for community input to the Strategic Plan and share with the public data illustrating gaps in service.
- Provide ongoing information on the activities of the Commission to the citizens in their Supervisorial District.
- Provide guidance to the Commission on expenditures and programs as gleaned from their outreach efforts and knowledge of the district they represent.
- Serve as monitors for programs funded, evaluating and reporting back to the Commission on efficiency and effectiveness.
- Participate in the development of the Riverside County Children and Families Strategic Plan.
Children and Families Commission
Purpose: To create and implement a comprehensive, collaborative, and integrated system of information and services to promote, support, and optimize early childhood development from the prenatal stage to five years of age. To ensure that the early childhood development programs and services are universally and continually available for children until the beginning of kindergarten. To emphasize local decision making, to provide for greater local flexibility in designing delivery systems, and to eliminate duplicate administrative services.
County Archives Commission
El Sobrante Landfill Citizen Oversight Committee
Emergency Medical Care Committee (EMCC)
Fair Board (National Date Festival)
Purpose: To counsel and advise the Board of Supervisors as to administrative and policy matters in connection with the Riverside County’s National Date Festival.
Historical Commission
Purpose: The Historical Commission is responsible for broad purposes relating to their advisory function to the County Board of Supervisors on matters pertaining to the study of local history and documentation and preservation of historic records, sites and structures.
In-Home Supportive Services
Purpose: AB 1682 (Chapter 90, Statutes of 1999) requires counties to establish advisory committees to:
- Recommend to counties a preferred mode of service relative to administration and delivery of in-home supportive services (IHSS)
- Recommend and employer-of-record for collective bargaining purposes;
- PProvide ongoing advice and recommendations regarding IHSS to your Honorable Board, or any other entity-delegated responsibility by the Board for delivery and administration of IHSS.
Mental Health Board
Purpose: The Riverside County Mental Health Board (MHB) is an advisory body, composed of volunteers appointed by the Board of Supervisors, who work in conjunction with the Riverside County Department of Mental Health to ensure citizen and professional input and involvement in all aspects of Department Services.
Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Commission
Purpose: To advise and make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors concerning (1) the identification of several candidate sites for off-highway vehicle parks, (2) input on related site acquisition issues, (3) the extent and range of use for candidate sites, and (4) the provision of advice to County staff and decision makers regarding public outreach for educational and informational purposes.
Planning Commission
Purpose: The Commission shall perform planning and zoning duties specified by law or ordinance not expressly delegated or reserved to another body or officer including proceedings for adopting or amending general and specific plans, changes of zone, changes of the zoning ordinance, and review of subdivision and parcel maps, and shall advise the Board of Supervisors in related matters.
Riverside County Regional Park And Open-Space District Advisory Commission
Purpose: The purpose of the Park Advisory Commission is to advise and make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors/Directors on the planning, acquisition, development and use of parks and the comprehensive regional park and open-space system for the County of Riverside, matters relating to the conservation and propagation of fish and game in the County; and acquisition, development, maintenance and promotion of regional recreation trails.
Riverside County Trails Committee
Purpose: It shall be the duty of the Committee to advise and make recommendations to the District Advisory Commission concerning the acquisition, maintenance and promotion of equestrian, biking and hiking recreational trails in Riverside County.
Veterans Advisory Committee
Purpose: Keep the Board of Supervisors informed of all problems affecting veterans and advising the Board of appropriate action to resolve such problems.
- Help unify different veterans groups in the overall interest of all veterans of Riverside County
- Serve as the basic support group for the National Cemetery – Riverside
- Assist in the orderly return of the veterans to civilian life by protecting his rights while he is in uniform
- Advise and assist the County Veterans Service Officer in the rehabilitation of veterans through existing employment services, education, insurance, housing and hospitalization programs and other veterans benefits
- Act as the liaisons between veterans and the county government in conjunction with the Veterans Service Officer
- Keep the public aware of the problems and needs of the veterans who fought or served to preserve our way of life
Workforce Investment Board
Purpose: The Workforce Investment Board shall have the following responsibilities:
- Provide policy guidance in the development of the five-year local workforce investment plan(Local Plan) and provide oversight on the One-Stop system, youth activities and employment and training activities under Title I of WIA, in partnership with the chief elected official
- Select One-Stop operators with the agreement of the chief elected official
- Develop a budget for the purpose of carrying out the duties of the WIB, subject to the approval of the Board of Supervisors
- In cooperation with the Board of Supervisors, appoint a youth council as a subgroup of the WIB and coordinate workforce and youth plans and activities with the youth council
- Select eligible youth service providers based on the recommendations of the Youth Council, and identify eligible providers of adult and dislocated worker intensive services and training services , and maintain a list of eligible providers with performance and cost information, as required in 20 CFR part 663, subpart E
- Negotiate and reach agreement on local performance measures with the Board of Supervisors and the Governor
- Assist the Governor in developing the statewide employment statistics system under the Wagner-Peyser Act;
- Coordinate workforce investment activities with economic development strategies and developing business linkages; and
- Promote private sector involvement in the statewide workforce investment system through effective connecting, brokering, and coaching activities through intermediaries such as the One-Stop operator in the local area or through other organizations, to assist businesses in meeting hiring needs
- Serve in an advisory capacity to the Board of Supervisors on all matters relating to employment and Training not covered by Title I of the Workforce Investment Act