The Spokane ABCD Program has
received the following awards:

•Statewide Women’s Infants and Children (WIC) Award:
The Spokane ABCD Program was among 18 statewide programs to be honored with a 2001 WIC Community Partner Award. This award was designed to honor the work of volunteers, collaborative agencies and donating agencies that help WIC deliver excellent services in creative ways.

•Social Services InfoNet:
In February 2002, the ABCD Program received news it was the recipient of the 2001 Best Practices in Social Work and Social Services award in the category of Program Planning. The program was awarded $1,000 for this special recognition.

• NACCHO Award:
The ABCD Program was chosen as a winner for the National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO) organization for the Maternal and Child Health Award. The award was presented to Dr. Michele Vanderlinde in Dearborn, Michigan on July 6, 1999. Also in attendance was Dr. Kim Thorburn, Health Officer at Spokane Regional Health District.

•Premier Cares Award/Certificate of Merit in Improving Health Care for the medically underserved in 1999.

• Spokane's Children's Alliance:
An award was presented to the ABCD Program in May 2000 for addressing children's health needs in the Spokane community.

• American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry:
The ABCD program was awarded the "Best Practice" status in Washington State in 2000. The academy, with a 3-year HRSA grant, seeks programs that use resources efficiently and are culturally competent, replicable, integrated and sustainable. More than 28 programs in 15 states submitted descriptions for review by an academy task force. North Carolina and Washington were selected as two states with especially useful approaches.

•Golden Apple Award:
The Spokane District Dental Society was awarded a Golden Apple in the "Excellence in Dental Health Promotion" category for the Spokane ABCD Program. This took place at the annual session (2000) of the American Dental Association (ADA) held in Chicago, Illinois.

• American Public Health Conference:
The ABCD Program affiliate poster proposal was accepted for exhibition at the annual American Public Health Conference in Boston in 2001. The Spokane ABCD Program was able to showcase local and state work at the national level.

• Caswell Evans:
Assistant to the Surgeon General, wrote the Oral Health Report to draw pediatricians into the fold to work more closely with dental health issues. Mr. Evans visited Spokane and the ABCD Program in the Fall of 2000.

• Dr. Dale Ruemping:
In 2001, Dr. Ruemping discussed the ABCD Program with the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry regarding the fact that we are now an established state and national model for prevention of oral disease in infants and toddlers and that the program has plans to expand.

•Samuel Harris Fund for Children's Dental Health:
The American Dental Association Health Foundation awarded the ABCD Program $3,000 in grant money in January 2000.

ABCD Program was invited to present at the Surgeon General's Oral Health Report conference in Washington DC.

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