These committees are comprised of forty-five Division members representative of the diversity of UC ANR disciplines and program areas, from all Division-affiliated campuses and from county offices throughout the state. Fifteen individuals serve on each of three subject area committees, Agricultural Resources, Human Resources and Natural Resources. The PPACs are charged with recommending Division-wide program priorities by identifying Critical Issues facing California that the Division can address and Target Issues, those Critical Issues where additional Division resources are most needed to address the problem. The three year planning cycle includes an “environmental scan” of stakeholders to determine the Critical Issues; assessment of current Division capabilities and resource commitments to the Critical Issues, and program evaluation to determine how effectively the Division has been able to address the Critical Issues. PPAC Cycle: (Cycle repeats every three years, except for the first iteration, which will require only two years, because of the limited amount of program evaluation data available for review.) 1. PPACs conduct a comprehensive needs assessment (“environmental scan”), with input from all stakeholder groups, to identify potential issues and intended outcomes for ANR programs. PPACs also analyze program evaluation data from workgroups and other sources to assess achievement of previously identified intended outcomes. Considering both environmental scan data and program evaluation findings, PPACs identify current “critical issues” for ANR – issues important for ANR to address -- and intended outcomes for these issues. 2. PPACs identify gaps between current levels of resources committed to each of the critical issues and levels needed to achieve intended outcomes. For each of the three ANR program areas (Agriculture, Human and Natural Resources) PPACs recommend a prioritized list of “target issues” – issues where additional ANR resources are most needed. 3. Program Council receives recommended critical issues and target issues from the PPACs and refines/expands as needed. Program Council prioritizes target issues across the three program areas. 4. Vice President receives recommended critical issues list and target issues as prioritized by the Program Council and refines/expands as needed. Vice President disseminates: (1) ANR Critical Issues and Intended Outcomes, to serve as comprehensive statement of current ANR program priorities and goals; and (2) ANR Target Issues, to serve as the foundation for resource allocation decisions for the forthcoming three years.