The Public Information Exchange Project is an initiative to provide dynamic, stable and current web environments for all VACAP members. Participants in the project will be encouraged to provide information to the public via their website. This information will be inclusive of a listing of services provided by the agency, eligibility requirements for listed services, and downloadable documents pertaining to listed services. Websites developed under the P.I.E. Project will also subscribe to the VACAP news service, which will provide current community action news to each site. Furthermore, site visitors to websites developed under this project will be able to communicate from the website directly to the agency staff via email.
The project goals are staggered over a 3 year cycle. The first year will primarily focus on purchasing hardware and software to implement web hosting for our 29 members and development of a dynamic web template to be used for the sponsored websites. First year participants will be limited to members which currently do not have a website.
Second year participants will be targeted to members with existing websites which are outdated, unreliable, and static in nature. After the second year, all members will be able to participate in this project.
Member agencies which currently have dynamic and aesthetically pleasing websites are still encouraged to participate in the project because of the project savings to each participating agency. Members who choose to participate in the project will not have to pay any hosting fees (a substantial yearly savings) and will have access to a trained web developer to initiate changes and updates to their website. Furthermore websites hosted under the project will have access to Coldfusion and .NET technology used to create modern websites. This technology enables websites to be more dynamic and fluid in nature and allows data collection and storage.
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