“The Children’s Bureau Champion Awards honor those working to improve the overall health and well-being of our nation’s children and families. The Children’s Bureau (CB) will honor agencies, community-based organizations, businesses, courts, individuals, parent leaders, or others who have made an exceptional contribution to promoting the health and well-being of children and families. Awardees will be publicly recognized during the virtual 22nd NCCAN in July 2021. 

Awards will be given in the following six areas:

• Advancing Equity

• Building Community Capacity

• Preventing Child Maltreatment

• Promoting Child and Family Well-being

• Reshaping Foster Care as a Support for Families

• Supporting the Workforce

Do you know an individual or an organization working to improve the health and well-being of our nation’s children and families? The CB wants to hear from you! Nominations should be submitted using the online CB Champion Awards Nomination Portal. Nominations for the Champion Awards will be accepted beginning May 24, 2021, and NO LATER THAN 11:59 p.m. ET on June 18, 2021.

For additional information about the Children’s Bureau Champion Awards and the 22nd NCCAN, please visit the NCCAN website.”