2009 Outstanding Citizen Corps Council Award Serving a Population Over 1.5 million

Sacramento Region Citizen Corps Council (CA)
The Sacramento Region Citizen Corps Council successfully conducted a full-scale county-wide exercise, increased the number of trained residents by over 1700, provided specialized training for youth and for persons over 55, participated in a state-wide and regional exercise, standardized identification of level one and two CERT members, conducted 900 health screenings at mostly Hispanic health fairs, distributed 5,000 disaster booklets to vulnerable populations, developed an Emergency Volunteer Center Operations Plan and Training Manual, and worked with numerous partners to implement preparedness programs to significantly increase their number of volunteers.