CSAC is pleased to announced the recipients of our 2015 Challenge Awards. These awards are presented annually to spotlight the innovative work being developed and implemented by California Counties. This year the judging panel found the entries particularly strong; the 250-plus entries were the most since 2008. Overall, judges selected two special awards, 10 Challenge Awards and 30 Merit Awards.

San Diego County is this year’s top recipient, earning seven awards, including the highest honor: the California Counties Innovation Award for its Adult Protective Services Acutely Vulnerable Adult Protocol. The judging panel, impressed by the strong collaboration among six counties for their work on a marijuana policy statement, also created a special award: the California Counties Collaboration Award that goes to Mendocino, Humboldt, Lake, Sonoma, Del Norte and Trinity Counties.

For a complete list of 2015 Challenge Award recipients, click here.

Other counties to receive multiple awards are:  Los Angeles County (4), Orange (4), Riverside (4), Contra Costa (3), San Bernardino (3)  Santa Cruz County (2) Placer (2), and Ventura (2).