2003 Best Practice Award Nominees

NC Association of County Directors of Social Services

Best Practice Awards 2003

 

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* Denotes Award Recipient

Advancements in Staff and Leadership Development

 

Staff Retention Specialist Inititive

Durham County DSS

 

*DSS Leadership Academy: The Future Leaders Program

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

DSS Supervisory Training

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

Economic Services Division Leadership Academy

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

Work Toward the Goal as a Team: Adult Services Team Retreat

Caldwell County DSS

 

Retaining CPS Investigative Assessment Social Workers and Case Management Social Workers

Durham County DSS

 

Professional Growth Plan

Wilson County DSS

 

Interns

Wilson County DSS

 

Project Safety

Wilson County DSS

 

Leaders as Teachers

Wilson County DSS

 

Employee Recognition Day

Wilson County DSS

 

Latino Perspective

Union County DSS

 

Leadership Development Program

Union County DSS

 

 

Empowering Clients to Self Sufficiency

 

Work First/Charlotte Chamber Employment Collaboration

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

Project Courage: Take Charge!

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

West Boulevard Senior Alliance Center

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

Absent Parents Work

Scotland County DSS

 

Medicaid Tranportation Policy

Caldwell County DSS

 

Non-Custodial Parent Employment Program

Caldwell County DSS

 

Economic Literacy Class

Caldwell County DSS

 

Work First Intensive Family Assessment

Harnett County DSS

 

Ashe DSS Supportive Services to Homeless Victims of Domestic Violence

Ashe County DSS

 

* PRO-Familia

Wake County Human Services

 

Working For Kids

Wake County Human Services

 

LINKS

Guilford County DSS

 

Hispanic Outerach

Catawba County DSS

 

Empowering Families Through Family Group Conferencing

Wilson County DSS

 

 

Profiles in Community Collaboration

 

* Pillowtex Community Center

Cabarrus County DSS

 

Faith Connections

Wilson County DSS

 

Child Welfare Faith Community Partnership

Wake County Human Services

 

White Flag Network

Wake County Human Services

 

Forsyth County Board of Social Services Community Forums

Forsyth County DSS

 

Child Development-Community Policing Partners

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

Community Resources Office

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

DSS-Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Educational Liaisons

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

Work First/Chamber of Commerce Employment Colaboration

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

Community Social Work Program

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

Just 1 Call

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

Literacy for Life

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

Success for Families At Risk

Caldwell County DSS

 

Celebration of Life

Caldwell County DSS

 

Publish to Pay Project

Caldwell County DSS

 

Community Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect

Caldwell County DSS

 

Improving Outcomes for Children

Scotland County DSS

 

The Children's Collaborative of Buncombe County

Buncombe County DSS

 

Just For Us

Durham County DSS

 

Durham's Alliance for Child Care Access

Durham County DSS

 

The Hmong Project

Catawba County DSS

 

Access Care of Catawba County

Catawba County DSS

 

Senior Awareness Day

Wilson County DSS

 

Community Alternatives Benefit (CAB) Elderly Commodoties Food Benefit Program

Alamance County DSS

 

Child Planning Conferences

Orange County DSS

 

Child Care Chat Newsletter

Wilson County DSS

 

 

Cost Savings Measures and/or Improvements in Efficiency

 

Direct Deposit and Electronic Payment

Durham County DSS

 

* Information Management Plan Implementation

Durham County DSS

 

Managing Change Through the Use of Data

Guilford County DSS

 

Rental Vehicles for Title XIX Transportation

Onslow County DSS

 

Cell Phone Utilization Task Team

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

DSS Mail Center Outsourcing

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

Fleet Utilization Task Team

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

Veterans Medical Assistance Transportation System (VMAT)

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

Automated Budget and Forms Database for Family and Children's Medicaid

Scotland County DSS

 

Combination Food Stamp/Medicaid Application Project

Caldwell County DSS

 

Adult Medicaid Budgets

Scotland County DSS

 

Adopt a Social Worker, There is Room at the Inn

Durham County DSS

 

Automated Daysheet System

Wilson County DSS

 

New Hanover County Food Stamp Disaster Program

New Hanover County

 

Agency Efficiencies Team

Wilson County DSS

 

Information Central Intranet

Wilson County DSS

 

 

Innovations on Services to Customers

 

Human Resource Placement Specialist

Surry County DSS

 

Just 1 Call

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

Mecklenburg Transportation System - Trip request/Scheduling Application

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

Senior Citizen Nutrition Program S.E.N.S.E. (System to Enhance Nutrition Services for the Elderly) Project

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

Mecklenburg Transportation System(MTS): Veterans' Medical Assistance Transportation (VMAT)

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

North Mecklenburg Free Dental Clinic

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

Free Mammograms

Mecklenburg County DSS

 

Job Coach Model

Caldwell County DSS

 

Job Search Service at Intake

Caldwell County DSS

 

WFFA/Children's Services Child-Only Case Collaborative

Caldwell County DSS

 

Families on the Grow

Wake County Human Services

 

Ashe DSS Supportive Services to Homeless Victims of Domestic Violence

Ashe County DSS

 

FISHING at Macon Conty

Macon Conty DSS

 

PAL (Persons Against Loneliness): Adopt a Friend

Durham County DSS

 

Team Decision-Making

Durham County DSS

 

First Contact (expanded assessment)

Wake County Human Services

 

Onsite Group Interviews for Montagnard Families and Other Refugees

Guilford County DSS

 

* Food Stamp Wait-Time Reduction Project

Catawba County DSS

 

A Model Emergency Food Stamp Disaster Plan

Wilson County DSS

 

Kinship Care Services

Wilson County DSS

 

Working For Kids Non-Custodial Parent Program

Wilson County DSS

 

Greater Wilson Area Job Fair

Wilson County DSS

 

Wilson County Report - Model for an Agency's Newsletter

Wilson County DSS

 

Expanding Tax Services to the Community

Forsyth County DSS

 

Children's Access Program

Wake County Human Services

 

2002-2003 Annual Report Celebrating the Strengths and Successes

Catawba County DSS

 

Economic Services Generic Intake

Guilford County DSS