Riverside Country recently received four prominent awards from the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) 2020 Challenge Awards. The county was the third county earning the most honors this year marked by the pandemic’s unprecedented challenges.
The county earned top honors for the following programs:
- Challenge Award: Cover Your Face Campaign to slow the spread of Covid-19
- Challenge Award: Hospital Transition and Long-Term Care for Abused and Neglected Seniors to prevent hospital re-admission
- Merit Award: Enabling telecommunications for 15,000 Workers to ensure continuity of operations for various departments during the pandemic
- Merit Award: Making Food Back Home with Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MHKO) first of its kind to be implemented by a government agency in California
CSAC’s annual statewide program honors innovation and best practices in county government. This year, CSAC received 363 entries – the most in the program’s history. An independent panel of judges with expertise in county programs selected the award recipients.
