Awards
ECONorthwest has won numerous awards for its Oregon Helps benefits prescreeener.
Harvard University's Innovations in American Government Awards Program recognizes efforts that provide concrete evidence that government can work to improve the quality of life for citizens and that it deserves greater public trust. Harvard selected Oregon Helps as a semifinalist in 2006—one of 50 such government programs recognized. Other semifinalists included programs developed by NASA, the U.S. Army, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
The Stockholm Challenge is a unique awards program for pioneering IT projects worldwide. It is a platform for the exchange of ideas and experiences in a democratic and open way, and a way to showcase best practices within the field of IT. Oregon Helps won the Stockholm Challenge award in the category of e-government in 2004.
Through its Achievement Awards, the National Association of Counties (NACo) selects county programs that represent innovative and creative solutions to the problems that local governments face. NACo recognized Oregon Helps with its annual Achievement Award in 2004.
The Government Technology Leadership Award (known as the Gracie Award, after Admiral Gracie Hopper) is sponsored by Government Executive Magazine and the Federal Office of Technology. It recognizes projects making exceptional contributions to public service and e-government and was awarded to Oregon Helps in 2003.