Association of Jewish Family & Children's Agencies (AJFCA)

AJFCA and the Conference Awards Judges are thrilled to present the guidelines for the KOVOD, Distinguished Service, Leadership, Jospeh S. Kaplan Memorial Scholarship and TrailBlazer awards for this year's conference. This year's KOVOD Award categories, (which are listed below) are focused on bringing out best practices in programming among JFCS agencies through North America. We are eager to receive submissions and learn even more about the creative and innovative work you do within your agencies and for the communities you serve.

•    Creative Use of Volunteers in Client Services
•    Effective Use of Social Media
•    JF&CS Collaborative Program (submitted by a member agency or agencies)
•    Best Practices in Connecting Judaism to Client Programming

All KOVOD, Distinguished Service and Leadership award submissions are due on Friday, February 17th. Joseph S. Kaplan Scholarship Memorial Award submissions are due on Monday, February 20th. TrailBlazer Award submissions are due Monday, March 12th. If you have any questions of concerns please contact Megan.

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2011 Goodman Award

JFS of Washtenaw County winning entry

JCFS of Chicago entry
JCCA of New York entry
JFCS of Minneapolis entry
JFS of Calgary entry
JFS of Houston entry
JFS of Santa Barbara entry
JSSA of Washington, DC entry
Samost JFCS of Southern New Jersey entry
Goodman Award guidelines

2011 KOVOD Award Winners

FOR EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING MATERIALS
Group A 1st place winner: JFS of Detroit

Group A 2nd place winner: JFCS of Philadelphia (entry 1) (entry 2) (entry 3) (entry 4)

Group B winner: JCFS of Winnipeg (entry 1) (entry 2)

Group D winner: JFS of York (entry 1) (entry 2)

FOR EXCELLENCE IN AGENCY WEBSITES
Group A 1st place winner: JFCS of Pittsburgh

Group A 2nd place winner: JFS of Seattle

Group B winner: JFS of Delaware

FOR EXCELLENCE IN PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS
Group A 1st place winner: JFCS of Minneapolis

Group A 2nd place winner: JFS of Seattle

Group A 3rd place winner: JFCS of Phoenix

Group B winner: JFS of Clifton-Passaic

JCFS of Chicago entry

Many of our agencies submitted spectacular videos that showcase their outstanding service to their communities. Click on the agency name below to view these fabulous videos.

JFSA of Cleveland (entry 1) (entry2)

JFS of Colorado entry

JFS of East Bay entry

JFS of Harrisburg entry

JFSA of Las Vegas (entry 1) (entry 2)

JFCS of Phoenix

RRJFS of Southern Palm Beach entry

JFCS of Southern New Jersey (entry 1) (entry 2)

KOVOD Award guidelines