2023 Caliber Awards Nomination Form

Mid Shore Behavioral Health, Inc.

The 24th Annual Caliber Awards
Achieving Excellence in Behavioral Health

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* Your Name, Phone, and Email:

Under the category that fits your nomination, list the name, organization or program nominated, along with an explanation supporting how the nominee exemplifies the criteria in the category nominated. Incomplete nominations will not be considered. Nominations are due by April 7th.

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* ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE THROUGH EFFECTIVE PROGRAMMING:
This award recognizes programs which are effective in improving the provision of behavioral health services for residents in the mid-shore region. Nominees will have demonstrated effective collaboration with consumers, family members, providers, and community leaders, using creative and cost-effective methods.

What is the full name of the person, organization, or program?
Who or what entities were involved with the collaboration?
What were the creative and/or cost-effective methods?
How were behavioral health services improved?

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* ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE THROUGH EMPOWERMENT OF CONSUMERS:
This award recognizes initiatives that have fostered the empowerment of consumers in the public behavioral health system through the promotion of wellness and recovery. Initiatives nominated for this award have helped to form a more resilience-oriented system of care, providing consumers with support to improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and achieve their fullest potential.

Describe how the initiative resulted in an improvement to consumers' health and wellness, ability to live a more self-directed life, and to achieve their fullest potential.

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* ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE THROUGH INTER-AGENCY AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATION:
This award recognizes a provider’s efforts and initiatives successfully collaborate with other agencies to provide easily accessible and needed services, support, and/or opportunities that improve the quality of life for consumers in the public behavioral health system.

Who did the provider collaborate with and what was the outcome? How did the collaboration result in reducing barriers to needed services or improve the quality of life for consumers in the public behavioral health system?

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* LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
This award recognizes a professional life of hard work, dedication, and contributions by an individual who has shown through their commitment and dedicated focus on improving the public behavioral health system. Please elaborate on specific accomplishments and/or the impact the person made in the behavioral health field.

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* MARY BETH BRENNAMAN AWARD:
This award recognizes an outstanding individual who demonstrates an unconditional commitment to, and passion for, the mission and vision of his or her organization. This individual brings sincere compassion to the population served, and humor, generosity, spirit, and an overall outstanding attitude to the workplace. The individual eligible for the Mary Beth Brennaman Award can be any person in an agency who demonstrates an exceptionally positive attitude and support for their team, and consumers served.

Please provide specific examples of how this nominee embodies the qualities of Mary Beth, and how the nominee impacts others or enhances teamwork and the lives of consumers.

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* ROUND TABLE ON HOMELESSNESS AWARD:
This award is to recognize an individual who has shown exemplary dedication to our group’s mission of ending homelessness in the mid-shore region. This individual is committed to developing relationships, collaborating with community partners, and connecting individuals and families to quality services, to foster resiliency and growth. This individual is a fierce and knowledgeable advocate for those experiencing homelessness in our communities and works diligently to improve service delivery across the continuum.

Please provide examples that support the nomination.

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* ADULT AND OLDER ADULT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ADVOCACY AWARD:
The Adult Services Workgroup Award recognizes an individual that exemplifies extraordinary efforts as an advocate for adults and older adults with behavioral health needs in our community. Their endeavors show continued collaboration with consumers of the Public Behavioral Health System, their natural supports, providers, and community entities. Through creative problem solving and/or developing partnerships in the mid-shore, this individual works towards bridging the gaps within behavioral health services to address health disparities. They share their knowledge of and passion for behavioral health advocacy with others. The nominee must be a volunteer or provider of behavioral health services (mental health and/or substance use) within the mid-shore region.

Please provide examples that support the nomination.

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* CHILD & ADOLESCENT ADVOCATE AWARD:
This award is to recognize an individual who has shown exemplary dedication to our group’s mission of all children and families will be safe and healthy in their communities, have access to quality behavioral health services and the opportunity to utilize supportive community resources. This individual is committed to developing relationships, collaborating with community partners, and connecting individuals and families to quality services, to foster resiliency and growth. This individual is a fierce and knowledgeable advocate for children, youth and families and works diligently to improve behavioral health service delivery across the continuum.

Please provide examples that support the nomination.

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* FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH AWARD:
The Forensic Mental Health Award honors a member of the workforce community or of the Forensic Workgroup. This nominee will be someone who serves tirelessly in the community advocating for clients that currently have judiciary requirements and behavioral health concerns. The recipient must be striving hard to help reduce stigma and trauma to this unique population of people.

Please provide examples that support the nomination.

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* SPECIAL RECOGNITION:
If there is anyone else you feel deserves recognition please list below and provide an explanation that includes specific achievements, outcomes, or results the person, organization or program has accomplished that has made a difference.

Please Choose One or More Sub-Categories:

- Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Latino Pop
- Technology
- Volunteer
- Veterans
- Employment
- Consumer Choice
- Behavioral Health Integration
- Peer Support
- Primary Care
- Emergency/Crisis Services
- Education
- Trauma
- Advocacy
- Prevention
- Leadership
- Transitional Age Youth (TAY)
- Defeating Stigma
- Suicide Prevention
- Wellness and Recovery
- Unsung Hero

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* Please provide examples that support the nomination.

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* Contact information for the nominee:

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