Idaho Horizons is a community leadership program aimed at reducing poverty in small, rural towns in Idaho. The program is funded by the Northwest Area Foundation in partnership with University of Idaho Extension.

Horizons is focused on poverty, leadership and community. The program focuses on poverty, because poverty impacts everyone in a community. During the 18-month program, Horizons participants explore the perceptions and the sources of poverty. Poverty is multi-dimensional and must be solved in multiple ways. Horizons builds stronger community leadership, acknowledging that leadership is as important as good roads, great schools and clean water. This initiative embraces the entire community: everyone is needed and everyone has something to contribute. For communities to thrive, everyone has to have an opportunity to prosper.

The Ririe Days Festival was one of the first initiatives undertaken by our local Ririe Horizons chapter of the Idaho Horizons.