It’s time to recognize and reward exceptional performers in human services…

Every profession has a means to recognize excellence – shouldn’t this be true for those working on the front lines addressing our nation’s most serious issues? For the past 7 years, the Superstar Foundation has been recognizing and rewarding the exceptional work in direct service delivery with their Veronica Awards. The Veronica Awards consist of a financial grant made directly to high performing human service professionals using data to substantiate their superior performance. The annual Veronica Awards augments the financial compensation of high performing human service professionals while also serving as an example for others who are striving to improve their effectiveness.

Veronica Award Judging Process:

The 2015 award season opens September 25, and awards will be made in December. This year there will be 5 awards; each will be $5,000. These awards are made directly to the human service professional chosen.

The only way to nominate someone for a Veronica award is through the Superstar Foundation Website. All applications will go through the following process:

  • Superstars are more than the stories they tell. Applications/nominations must be accompanied by de-identified data that substantiates the superior performance of the candidate. Great data accounts for 60% of the scoring!
  • While there may be many Superstars in a single organization, the Foundation will not award two Superstars in the same organization in the same year.
  • Applications are reviewed and scored by “first round” judges. The top 10% of the applications received are then reviewed and scored by a 3 member panel of the Superstar Foundation Board to determine the ten best applications/nominations. These candidates will move forward to the final round for scoring by the full Board of the Superstar Foundation.
  • Reference questionnaires are reviewed in the final round.

Click here to learn more about the Veronica Awards and to submit nominations.

About the Superstar Foundation:

The Superstar Foundation was founded in 2007 with a two-fold mission:

  • To identify and reward individuals who use data to improve outcomes for underserved individuals, families and communities.
  • To promote and advance transformative relationships as the driving force to outcome achievement in the social services sector;

As health, education and social services continue to progress towards better measurement of outcomes, the Superstar Foundation believes that transformative relationships and a commitment to data-based decision making at the level of engagement is the key to all long-term, sustainable improvement in the lives of those we serve.

Learn more:

Please visit www.superstarfoundation.org or contact Adrian@superstarfoundation.org.