Policy & Practice | Winter 2024

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2024 APHSA Award Winners

E ach year, several of APHSA's affinity groups come together to host industry conferences designed for human services practitioners to exchange learnings, network, and advance their professional education and networks. These conferences are also dedicated to awarding individuals and organizations that exemplify the work being done to realize APHSA’s vision of building thriving communities on human potential. As we bring 2024 to a close, we would like, once again, to celebrate those who were celebrated during each conference.

Economic Mobility & Well-Being Conference (EMWB) in Portland, OR— August 25–28, 2024

APHSA National Human Services Summit in Crystal City, VA—June 9–12, 2024

n Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services — National Association of State TANF Administrators (NASTA) Impact Award for Excellence in Human Services n North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services —National Association for Program Information and Performance Measurement (NAPIPM) Impact Award for Excellence in Human Services n New Jersey Division of Family Development — American Association of SNAP Directors (AASD) Impact Award for Excellence in Human Services n Moira Johnston, Acting Director, Program Development Division, USDA Food and Nutrition Service —Lifetime Achievement Award n Jerquitta Hicks-Smallwood, Deputy Director, Food and Nutrition Services, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services —Newcomer Award Accepting the NASTA Impact Award for Excellence in Human Services on behalf of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (from left) Tonya Feese, Assistant Director and Wendy Cumpston, Assistant Director II with Patara Horn, Bureau Director, WI Department of Children and Families, and Rebekah Sides, Senior Project Associate, APHSA.

Gerald Huber, Jerry W. Friedman Human Services Impact Award Recipient, with Reggie Bicha, President and CEO of APHSA.

n Gerald Huber, Director, Solano County (CA) Health and Social Services — Jerry W. Friedman Human Services Impact Award n New England States Whole Family Approach to Jobs Initiativ e—Future of Human Services Award n Chapin Hall at The University of Chicago —Research and Evaluation Innovation Award n Michael Leach, Former Director, South Carolina Department of Social Services —Excellence Award for Outstanding State Member n Michael A. Becketts, Director, Fairfax County (VA) Department of Family Services —Excellence Award for Outstanding Local Member

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