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2008 and Prior Awards

• Customer Service and Commitment to the South Sacramento Community - Southgate Recreation and Park District Board
  (2008)

  Department of Neighborhood Services

• Special Recognition Award - California Public Defender’s Association (2008)

  Tyrone B.v. Superior Court (People) (2008) 164 Cal.App.4th 227, 231. This line of authority serves to give juveniles a consistent constitutional basis on which to address issues of competency at the juvenile court level. In addition to this important litigation your juvenile division has proactively worked on the special education and mental health needs of your clients in a collaborative and positive manner.

• Honorable Mention – Challenge Awards - California State Association of Counties (2008)
  • Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance Case Update Tracking and Eligibility (CUTE) System
  • Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance for Consolidation of Management Databases
  • Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance for The Play Care and Foster Grandparent Programs
  • Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance for the Veteran’s History Project of Sacramento County
  • Department of Environmental Management for the Color-Coded Food Safety and Placement System for Food Facilities
  • Clerk Recorder for Online Marriage Appointment Calendar system
  • Tax Collector for the Tax Defaulted Land System
• Award of Excellence in Food Safety (2008)

  Environmental Management Department

• Project of the Year - American Public Works Association (APWA) Sacramento Chapter (2008)

  The Department of Waste Management and Recycling won the large agency division environmental award for the Kiefer Landfill Entrance Improvements Construction project. Visit the American Public Works Association website.

• National Award - Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (2008)

  The Probation Department received the award for extraordinary improvement to juvenile detention facility quality of life and operations by using performance-based standards.

• Digital Counties Survey - Top-10 Digital County Governments in the Nation (2008)

  Digital Counties Survey Winner - 6th Place
   

• America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth (2008)

  100 Best Communities for Young People
  
  Sacramento County                                                                                                          

• CSAC Merit Award Department of Finance (2008)

  E-Tax Payment Resolution system

• Samuel J. Crumbine Consumer Protection Award (2008)

  Environmental Management Department

• Special Recognition Award - California Public Defender’s Association (2007)

  In re Timothy J and Dante H. v. Superior Court (Sacramento) (2007) 150 Cal.App.4th 847, your juvenile division was able to establish solid precedent for the proposition that a child “need not show the presence of a mental disorder or developmental disability before invoking the court’s authority to consider declaring a doubt as to his competency.

• Digital Counties Survey - Top-10 Digital County Governments in the Nation (2007)

  Digital Counties Survey Winner - 7th Place

• The American River Parkway Plan Update - California Chapter American Planning Association Awards Program (2007)

  Planning and Community Development department winner of the Focused Issues Planning Award

• The General Plan Update Planning Implementation – Large Jurisdiction (2007)

  California Chapter American Planning Association Awards Program - Community Planning and Development Department

• Building Community Award - Center for Collaborative Planning, Public Health Institute (2006)

  The award was presented to the Department of Neighborhood Services for contributions to community building

• Excellence Award in Programming Website (2006)

  National Association of Government Web Masters: Department of Technology

• California Association of Public Information Officials (2006)

  Innovation – Honorable Mention for First 5 Sacramento Literacy Book Bag
  
  Special Event or Marketing/Communications Campaign – 2nd Place

• Best of the Web - Center for Digital Government (2006)

  County Portal Category - 4th Place  

• National Association of Government (2006)

  Webmasters Award of Excellence

• Digital Counties Survey - Top-10 Digital County Governments in the Nation (2006)

  Digital Counties Survey Winner - 7th Place

• Center for Digital Government - County Portal Category (2006)

   Best of the Web - 4th Place

• California Association of Public Information Officials (2006)

  Internal/Employee Newsletter – 1st Place
  Sacramento County's County News

• City-County Marketing Association (2006)

  Savvy Award

• Best of the Web - Center for Digital Government: Finalist (2005)

  County Portal Category

• Challenge Award Winner  - California State Association of Counties (2004)

  Food Safety Education for Restaurants – Environmental Management Department

• Digital Counties Survey - Top-10 Digital County Governments in the Nation (2004)

  Digital Counties Survey - 6th Place