2026 New Jersey Social Innovation Awards NOMINATIONS |
NEW JERSEY
We are pleased to announce the second annual New Jersey Social Innovation Awards. The Social Innovation Awards have celebrated regional innovators for the past six years in the social sector in Philadelphia, Chicago and beyond, and now will celebrate New Jersey social innovative leaders and or organizations.
This call for nominations is intended to highlight the novel ideas from health care, health care systems, hospitals, direct care service providers, educators, funders, government, and advocacy organizations, working in the social sector in New Jersey who have a shared commitment and drive to improve our society, to improve conditions for all community members regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, income, race or ethnicity, and to improve systems and policies so that people have access to the services they need to thrive.
The social sector is broad. We invite changemakers who think out of the box to submit nominations who serve children, families and older adults, communities of color, as well as special populations, such as people with intellectual disability, autism, or mental health challenges that advance public and population health, health access, primary care and/or integrated care practices, social services, child welfare, and those with pioneering ideas in policy, workforce development, housing and the environment and other community conditions.
The Social Innovation Awards is honored to bring this award to New Jersey to highlight the state’s most passionate social innovators, entrepreneurs and changemakers whose work and social impact too often goes unacknowledged. These efforts will be recognized among the region’s best; they are what make our communities thrive for all people.
This call for nominations is intended to highlight the novel ideas from health care, health care systems, hospitals, direct care service providers, educators, funders, government, and advocacy organizations, working in the social sector in New Jersey who have a shared commitment and drive to improve our society, to improve conditions for all community members regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, income, race or ethnicity, and to improve systems and policies so that people have access to the services they need to thrive.
The social sector is broad. We invite changemakers who think out of the box to submit nominations who serve children, families and older adults, communities of color, as well as special populations, such as people with intellectual disability, autism, or mental health challenges that advance public and population health, health access, primary care and/or integrated care practices, social services, child welfare, and those with pioneering ideas in policy, workforce development, housing and the environment and other community conditions.
The Social Innovation Awards is honored to bring this award to New Jersey to highlight the state’s most passionate social innovators, entrepreneurs and changemakers whose work and social impact too often goes unacknowledged. These efforts will be recognized among the region’s best; they are what make our communities thrive for all people.
Woods Services NJ share a common bond with NJ social innovative leaders including health and human service sector, through its System of Care model across the lifespan to support children and adults with disabilities or challenges to achieve their highest potential and independence through innovative and individualized approaches that promote learning and personal fulfillment. Hence, the NJ social innovative leaders and organizations are poised to be recognized and receive a NJ SIJ Innovations Award. They are trailblazers who understand optimal care for disadvantaged and low resourced communities needs an equitable system of care that addresses population health, public health, health access and social services advocates for the rights of their clients through policy and payment reform, understands the necessity of improved equity-centric data collection and methodologies, and works in collaboration with traditional and nontraditional partners on innovative programs and services, among many other needed services and provisions for marginalized populations.
Nominees will be invited to attend an in-person award ceremony April 9th at Conner Strong & Buckelew in Camden, NJ.
Nominees will be invited to attend an in-person award ceremony April 9th at Conner Strong & Buckelew in Camden, NJ.