ARRM Cares Award

An Opportunity to Recognize Direct Support Professionals (DSPs)

The ARRM Cares Award was established to recognize professionals from ARRM members who provide direct care and demonstrate a commitment to quality services. ARRM supports and encourages our members to acknowledge their employees’ dedication and service through this award process. All nominees are recognized by ARRM and their employers as the top our field has to offer, while six winners are selected each year who represent outstanding and extraordinary dedication, innovation and skill.  Winners receive a $1,000 award and are celebrated in a special ceremony.

2018 ARRM Cares Winners

Award Criteria

DSPs are nominated who represent the ideal skills and values below, which not only makes them valuable employees but also highly talented and successful in supporting people to reach their goals:

• Professional Integrity:  supporting persons served while maintaining high standards to benefit persons served, co-workers, and the organization
• Networking Supports: advocating to connect persons served with natural support systems
• Creative, Innovative, Person Centered Approaches to Services: personalizing services, demonstrating an ability to develop and implement new approaches and sharing successful results

The nomination period for 2019 awards are now closed. ARRM members may begin nominating DSPs for the 2020 ARRM Cares Award. ARRM Members click below to begin your nominations.

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Nomination Guidelines

Nominees must meet the criteria below to be considered. All nominations are printed for event attendees and may be shared publicly by ARRM. Please ensure that submissions are professionally written and do not include confidential information. Nominations are subject to editing by the selection committee for length, consistency, clarity, and grammar.
Employees eligible for nomination meet the following criteria:

• An agency must be an ARRM Member to submit a nomination
• Staff must do direct care for at least 75 percent of their total job
• Each agency may nominate up to 2 percent of their staff who provide direct care to persons served
• One nominee per form – no group nominations (i.e., please don't nominate an entire program site)
• Two hundred (200) word limit for each of the submission categories – additional words will be edited prior to consideration
• Submit a photo with the nomination

2019 nominations were due by March 31. ARRM Members may submit nominations for the 2020 awards beginning today.