No Place Like Home Award
Awarded to a foster and/or adoptive family that has cared for children in
the system for a minimum of twenty years (does not have to be consecutive).
Awarded to: Virginia Ingram
Nominated by: Kristine Grey, Christian Family Care
Healer Award
Awarded
to a family that has worked extensively with medical and/or behavioral
health issues in their foster and/or adopted children.
Awarded to: Patrick and Moira Hamilton
Nominated by: DiAnne Nivin, HRT
Take
a Break Award
Awarded to a family that cheerfully and dependably provides respite for
other foster and/or adoptive families.
Awarded to Summer Reed
Nominated by Julie Hamilton
Second Mile Award
Awarded to an outstanding family that goes the 'second mile' for their
foster and/or adopted children, i.e., to keep a sibling group together, with
new experiences, etc.
Awarded to Doug and Alicia Mumford
Nominated by Matt and Cathy Barto
I Can’t Hear You Over the Noise Award
Presented to an adoptive family that has adopted teens or a foster family
that specialize in fostering teens.
Awarded to Annette Davis
Nominated by Angi Holly, AAFC
Family to Family Award
Presented
to a foster family that is especially good at working with biological
families toward reunification and/or adoptive families toward 'unification.'
Awarded to Thea Cicero
Nominated by Erica Niemi, WestValleyChildCrisis Center
Annual "Courage for Children" Award
presented to a group or individual who leads systematic change that improves
services for children in Arizona through legislative, political and/or
social action.
Awarded to Bill Owsley, Division Chief, Office of the Legal Advocate
AZAFAP Ally Award
presented to an individual or organization for their financial, in-kind or
volunteer support of the AZAFAP mission to care for the foster, adoptive or
kinship families who care for children in Arizona's child welfare system.
Awarded to Michele Wright and Goodman's Furniture for their Tucson "Good
Threads" clothing closet, offering FREE clothing and supplies to Tucson's
foster, adoptive and kinship families.