ARE YOU OR YOUR PROGRAM UP FOR AN AWARD?

It’s the award season, and the OC Health Care Agency (HCA) encourages Programs to consider submitting nominations for awards. The National Association of Counties (NACo) is accepting nominations for their Achievement Awards. The California Association of Public Information Officials (CAPIO) is accepting nominations for their EPIC Awards, (Excellence in Public Information and Communications). If you plan to submit an entry, please let HCA Communications know as soon as possible at hcacomm@ochca.com. HCA Communications will review, edit, submit and process payment for all HCA submissions. Our Communications team will be available to help draft your entry if you need support with writing content.

The CAPIO awards recognize creative and effective work in the areas of communication and marketing campaigns, newsletter production, photography, special events, writing, website development and video production. You can learn more about the CAPIO EPIC awards here. There’s information on the guidelines for submitting an entry here. A list of the categories can be found here. CAPIO also has a video that provides tips for submitting an entry here. HCA Communications would like all CAPIO nominations submitted to hcacomm@ochca.com by Tuesday, February 21, 2023, in order to review and submit in a timely manner. The submission deadline is March 3, 2023.

The NACo Achievement Awards is a non-competitive awards program that recognizes innovative county government programs. For more on the categories and the award process click here. HCA Communications would like all NACo nominations submitted to hcacomm@ochca.com by Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in order to review and submit in a timely manner. The submission deadline is April 7, 2023.

HCA Communications can provide the questions and guidance for the CAPIO and NACo Awards in Word documents which can be filled out. Simply request the documents by emailing hcacomm@ochca.com with “Awards” in the email subject line.