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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Costa
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January 10, 1995 °;•:.w ;°
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Innovations in American Government Awards Nominations
SUBJECT:
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize submission of 1995 applications for "Innovations in
American Government" awards program of the Ford Foundation and
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
BACKGROUND:
The "Innovations in American Government" program ( formerly,
"Innovations in State and Local Government" ) is accepting
nominations for its 1995 awards.
The Innovations Program strives to identify and celebrate
outstanding examples of creative problem-solving in the public
sector. The Ford Foundation will make fifteen awards of $100, 000
each and fifteen additional $20,000 awards to draw attention to
exemplary achievements in government problem-solving, and to
amplify the voices of public innovators in communicating their
practices . The Kennedy School develops instructional materials
based on the contributions of award-winning innovations to the
art ofcreative problem-solving in the public sector.
Contra Costa County has long been a leader in innovation in
public programs . There are four programs specifically which
departments recommend for nomination. They are the Health
Department ' s "Contra Costa County Homeless Project, " "General
Assistance Alcohol and Drug Diversion Services, " and "Perinatal
Joint Venture" and The Sheriff Department's "Sheriff 's All
Volunteer Extended Services (S.A.V.E.S. ) . " We recommend that
these programs be submitted in nomination.
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Contact: Dean Lucas 646-4077 PHIL Bic HELOR,CLE OF THE BOARD OF
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