2025 STAR Award Application

The Council of State Governments Southern Office recognizes that state employees work hard, not only to provide outstanding services, but also by striving to develop and adapt new and improved programs to make their states a better place to live and work.

These innovations should be celebrated and shared with colleagues across the region.

Through the State Transformation in Action Recognition (STAR) award, CSG South recognizes creative, impactful, transferable and effective state government solutions.

Deadline to submit your program is May 16, 2025

Thank you for submitting your program for consideration and GOOD LUCK!

Important: This form may time out while you are filling it out. We highly recommend that you save your answers on a Word Doc and copy them into the form to avoid your progress being lost. There is also a save button at the very end of the form that will save your progress, allowing you to finish the form later.
THINGS TO CONSIDER (!):
- Applicants must submit answers to all 13 questions below to be considered for the first review.
- Private sector submissions do not qualify.
- Programs must not be older than 3 years.
- In addition to this application form, you may also submit supplementary materials, such as videos, reports or presentations. Please submit via this application, below.
- ONLY two (2) unique program submission per department.
- Finalists will need to attend the Southern Legislative Conference in Birmingham, AL July 20-23, 2025.
Any questions? Just ask Jazlyn Jones, Programs Associate, jazlyn.jones@csg.org.
Primary Contact Email*
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1. Name of Program*
2. State*
3. When was the program established?*

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4. Contact Name, Title, Agency, Mailing Address, Email Address, Phone Number and Web Address(please list each person participating in this application and the information that is requested above for each person) *
5. Why was the program created? What problems or issues is it designed to address? *
6. What are the specific activities and operations of the program? (Please list in chronological order, if applicable) *
7. What equipment, technology, and/or software (if any) are used to operate and administer the program? *
8. What are the annual operational costs of the program? How is it funded? *
9. Has the program been effective at addressing the problem or issue? Please provide tangible results and examples. *
10. What measurable impact has the program had? Has it created significant change in your state? *
11. Are you aware of any similar programs in other states, or did this program originate in your state? If there is a similar program how does your program differ? *
13. Is the program transferable to other policy areas or states? What limitations or obstacles might other states expect to encounter when attempting to adopt this program? *
14. If your program has a website, please place address below: (OPTIONAL)

Attachments & Supplemental Documentation
Please provide program details, which can include:
- Summary reports
- Scope of work
- Branding, including promotional videos or powerpoints
- Pictures of the program in action, including participants, sessions, outreach, etc.
File types accepted:pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, csv, txt, rtf, html, zip, mp3, wma, mpg, flv, avi, jpg, jpeg, png, gif

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Submission
If applicable, name a previous STAR winner who told you about this opportunity:

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