Outstanding Education & Employment Project Award Application

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Award Year: FY2024 (October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024)

Due Date: December 1, 2024

Award Type: 1st Place: Physical Award + Banner Patch; 2nd Place: Banner Patch; 3rd Place: Banner Patch; awarded at International Convention

Award Summary:
Civitans advocate for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to reach their fullest potential through the classroom, job experiences and other continued learning. Individuals with I/DD experience a number of benefits when fully included, and others in the community do too.

Club Service Projects in the Education & Employment Impact Area specifically aim to support individuals with I/DD in reaching their educational or employment goals. Some examples of these types of projects are book clubs or reading groups, volunteering with adult literacy programs, supporting agencies which provide employment for those with I/DD, giving scholarships to students with I/DD or I/DD professionals, school supply drives, and more.

A winning project will be able to show demonstrable impact on the target audience, can be easily identified as a project supporting families or community agencies serving those with I/DD, and meets a defined need for their community.

A single project or event may only be considered in one award category per year. Clubs are not permitted to submit the same project for evaluation in more than one award category.

Specific Award Criteria:
Region and International Awards Judging Committees will use the criteria below to evaluate and score applications.

Relevance to Education & Employment for I/DD
Meets a specific need in the community
Measurable impact on I/DD community
Innovation/Creativity
Use of Resources
Club Enagement

Judging Process:
Applications from each region will be submitted to the Region Awards Committee for evaluation. Winners will be chosen for each region. 1st place winners from each region will be forwarded to an International Awards Committee who will then select 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place at the International level from among the region winners.

Application Information:
You are encouraged to utilize the 2023-2024 International Competitive Awards PDF brochure to compile and compose your answers in Microsoft Word or another document, and then copy and paste into the award application below when your submission is complete and ready. You will not be able to partially fill out the form and return later, it must be completed in one sitting.

ONLY electonic submissions using the form below will be accepted. Applications submitted by mail or e-mail will not be considered.

Click here to download 2023-2024 International Competitive Awards PDF Brochure

Questions?
Email awards@civitan.org

Outstanding Education & Employment Project Award Application 2023-2024

Applicant Information

Civitan Club Name(Required)

Region

Club President for Award Year (10/1/23-9/30/24)

First Last

President Phone

President Email

Application Completed By:

First Last

Applicant Phone

Applicant Email

Project Information

Project Name

Project Chair

First Last

Project Summary

Description of why project was needed in your community:

Were there any other community stakeholders involved in the project?

For example, the agency, organization or group being served, other community partners or groups participating in project

Project Timeline

Project Budget

Please upload a project budget spreadsheet or document, or explanation of project cost and expenses.

Drop files here or

Max. file size: 512 MB, Max. files: 3.

Please describe anything that makes this project is innovative, creative, or one-of-a-kind:

How did the project bring awareness to Civitan in the local area?

Project Reach/Impact

Did the project have any measurable or tangible outcomes? For example, this project served 10 group homes out of 20 in our area, or 100% of staff employed by the local I/DD agency, or 75 individuals with I/DD attended the dance)

Club Engagement

Number/Percentage of club members involved in planning and execution of project:

Total number of man hours contributed to project:

Please describe in detail the roles and responsibilities of club members in the planning and execution of the project:

Additional Information

Please upload any supporting documentation you with to provide to further expand on the basis, impact and execution of the project:

For example: project flyers, brochures, photographs, marketing materials, local media coverage, etc. You are encouraged to combine multiple photos into one document. 10 file uploads maximum.

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: jpg, png, pdf, Max. file size: 512 MB, Max. files: 10.