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April 1 deadline: Tell us who your champions are!

Who do you know who goes above and beyond to champion the Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) model and mission? Who makes us stronger?

At the National Children’s Alliance 2020 Leadership Conference this spring, we’ll recognize outstanding individuals and groups who have proved their commitment and dedication to children and families. This is your chance to tell us who should be up there on that stage receiving an award. Who exemplifies the CAC movement’s commitment to children? Who deserves the recognition of our entire field?

Nominate someone whose work you admire at a partner organization, at another CAC, at a Chapter, or at your own CAC—you can even nominate yourself. Accredited member agencies, Associate/Developing member agencies, Satellite members, Affiliate members, and Chapter organizations of NCA may nominate one candidate for each of six award categories.

Submit your nominations by 11:59 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.
 

Six Award Categories for Every Aspect of Our Work

You can nominate one candidate for each of the six award categories:

• Bud Cramer Advocacy Award
  This award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated commitment and dedication to children through his or her extraordinary promotion of the CAC model. This individual has moved the field forward through vision, leadership, and the ability to reach and motivate great numbers of people.
   
• Community and National Philanthropy Leadership Awards
  These awards recognize an individual or organization who has demonstrated exemplary and sustained commitment to financially support the CAC movement. There are two categories for this award: 1) Community, and 2) National. The Community Philanthropy Leadership Award is for philanthropists who have financially supported local CACs or Chapters. The award will be given to an individual or organization(s) whose sustained generosity has had an appreciable impact on the viability and reach of the benefiting organization; moreover, the nominee has assumed a leadership role in giving, encouraging others to take on philanthropic roles in the organization.
  
  The National Philanthropy Leadership Award recipient will be selected by NCA based on the same criteria as it relates to the national organization.
   
• Horowitz-Barker Lifetime Achievement Award
  This award recognizes a professional who has demonstrated, over the course of a career, a dedication to the Children’s Advocacy Center movement and a strengthening of the CAC model. Through the nominee’s efforts, the development or significant expansion of one or more CACs has been ensured. The nominee has led by example and demonstrated the spirit of collaboration that is the hallmark of multidisciplinary team work. And, the nominee has passed on his or her professional knowledge to the next generation of CAC leaders through mentoring (formal or informal), coaching, and training. 
   
• Innovative Changemaker Award
  This award recognizes an individual or group who has demonstrated innovation, creativity, and resourcefulness in the development and implementation of programs, practices, or public awareness campaigns in a CAC or Chapter. The nominee has utilized groundbreaking strategies to improve mental health programs, public awareness, management practices, or child advocacy, thereby empowering others to better serve children and communities.
   
• Outstanding Chapter Leader Award
  This award recognizes a professional who has demonstrated perseverance and dedication to an NCA Chapter through his or her professional endeavors. Through the nominee’s efforts, the establishment and/or success of a Chapter has been ensured. The nominee has facilitated or participated in teamwork and is recognized for his or her essential leadership attributes and contributions to the process.
   
• Volunteer Leadership Award
  This award recognizes a volunteer (individual or group) who has demonstrated perseverance and dedication to a local CAC. Through the nominee’s efforts, the viability of the CAC has been appreciably affected.
   

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