2017 Challenge Award Recipients
CSAC received a record number of entries (288) in the 2017 Challenge Awards, showing that innovation is alive and well in California Counties. This year, we instituted a new judging format, utilizing new entry categories for program types as well as population size. When the judging was finalized, 16 programs were selected to receive Challenge Awards and another 31 programs are being recognized with Merit Awards.
See below for a complete list of Challenge and Merit Award Recipients, as well as program descriptions. Congratulations to all of our Challenge Award recipients!
Challenge Awards
Administration of Justice
Rural
Humboldt County – Reprogramming Corrections
Suburban
Yolo
County – Yolo County Construction Program
Urban
Santa
Clara County – Advancing Innovative Pretrial Justice Reform for
All
Agriculture, Environment & Natural Resources
Rural
Humboldt
County – Track and Trace
Suburban
Monterey
County – Farmworker Advisory Committee
Urban
Los
Angeles County – The Growing Experience Environmental Resource
Center
Government Finance, Administration & Technology
Rural
Humboldt
County – Budget Road
Show
Suburban
Tulare
County – Project Foxtrot Fire APP
Urban
Los
Angeles County – DCFC Student Information Tracking
System
Health & Human Services
Rural
Sutter/Yuba Counties – Embedding Behavioral Health Crisis Staff
in ERs
Suburban
Marin
County – Rx Safe Marin: Prescription Drug Misuse/Abuse
Initiative
Urban
San Bernardino County – Housing Support Program
Collaborative
Ventura
County – Health Insurance Eligibility APP
Housing, Land Use & Infrastructure
Rural
Nevada
County – Over-the-Counter Plan Review Program
Suburban
Sonoma
County – Creating More Housing with 100% Rental Density Bonus
Urban
Los
Angeles County – Spanish Planning Program
Merit Awards
Administration of Justice
Rural
None Given
Suburban
Imperial
County – Imperial County Adult Re-Entry Summit
Napa
County – Dosage Probation
Shasta
County – SB 1143 Early Implementation Best Practice Solutions
Urban
Riverside
County – Intensive Re-Integration Services (IRIS) Unit
Santa Clara County – Santa Clara Probation – Family of
Friends
Agriculture, Environment & Natural Resources
Rural
Mariposa
County – Mariposa Clean Sweep
Mono
County – Thermal Biomass Boiler Project
Suburban
Kern
County – Electronic-Based Permit System for Energy
Permits
Marin County
– Parks Prescriptions Partnership Improves Community Health
Outdoors
Urban
Alameda
County – Training the Next Generation of Climate Protection
Leaders
San Diego
County – CIVICS Program
Government Finance, Administration & Technology
Rural
Humboldt
County – All Hands Training Day
Humboldt
County – Tsunami Zone APP
Mendocino
County – Comprehensive New Employee Orientation
Suburban
Sonoma
County – Marriage License Signature Project
Urban
Alameda
County – Automated Employee Onboarding System
Contra Costa County – Rain Map APP
Los
Angeles County – Library Offers Life Skills Training for
Teen
Riverside County – Riverside County Transformation
Riverside County – Unity: Medical, Health & Traditional Emergency
Management
San
Bernardino County—Virtual Receptionist
Health & Human Services
Rural
Humboldt
County – Child Support Collections for Multiple Small
Counties
Nevada
County – Nevada County CalWORKS Connection Program
Nevada
County – What’s Up? Wellness Checkups in Nevada County
Suburban
Napa
County – Homeless and Housing Systems Change in Napa
Urban
Alameda
County – One Touch: Customer Centric Distributed Work
Model
Contra Costa County – Inter-County Business Intelligence
Partnership
Contra
Costa County – Parent Partner Program of Contra Costa
County
San Bernardino County – Mutual Aid for a Public Health
Emergency
San Mateo County – Ending Homelessness in San Mateo
County
Ventura
County – Safe Alprazolam Prescribing and Benzodiazepine
Monitoring Program
Housing, Land Use & Infrastructure
Rural
None Given
Suburban
None Given
Urban
Los
Angeles County – Buyer Beware: Property Buying Education
Program
San
Bernardino County – Code Enforcement Illegal Dumping Program
