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Trinity Services, Inc. wins Gold Stevie® Award in Organization of the Year category of 2021 International Business Awards®
NEW LENOX, IL — Trinity Services, Inc. is proud to announce that the organization won a Gold Stevie® Award in the Organization of the Year – Non-Profit or Government Organizations – Large category of the 18th Annual International Business Awards® today.
This award recognizes all of the recent advances Trinity Services has made in its work to help people with developmental disabilities and mental illness flourish and live full and abundant lives, including:
-earning Person-Centered Excellence Accreditation, With Distinction, from The Council on Quality and Leadership, among 1% of organizations nationwide to achieve this prestigious accreditation
-opening a 16-unit permanent supportive housing development for people with disabilities in Northlake, Illinois, and a similar 25-unit development in New Lenox
-launching Abilities Behavior Services to provide applied behavior analysis services to children, adults and seniors with dementia in Southwest Illinois
-creating a Mobile Crisis Response Unit, in partnership with the Orland Park Police Department, through a $700,000 U.S. Department of Justice grant to improve emergency response to people experiencing a mental health crisis
-expanding its Rapid Rehousing Program through a $268,684 grant from the Will County Continuum of Care
-piloting remote support services in six residential locations through a grant from the Illinois Department of Human Services’ Division of Developmental Disabilities
-having approximately 200 direct support professionals who care for people with developmental disabilities temporarily shelter-in-place at group homes during the pandemic to eliminate shift changes to keep people as safe as possible
-helping approximately 50 people experiencing homelessness find housing during the pandemic
-offering free mental health consultations to people in its counseling center’s coverage area during Illinois’ stay-at-home order
-organizing vaccination clinics in partnership with the Illinois Department of Human Services and numerous community organizations to ensure people with disabilities and staff who support them had access to vaccines.
The International Business Awards are the world’s premier business awards program. All individuals and organizations worldwide – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small - are eligible to submit nominations. The 2021 IBAs received entries from organizations in 63 nations and territories. More than 3,700 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories.
Stevie Award winners were determined by the average scores of more than 260 executives worldwide who participated in the judging process from June through early August.
“This award was made possible by Trinity’s resilient, dedicated staff members who put the needs of the people they support first, even and especially during the most difficult days of the pandemic,” Trinity President and CEO Thane Dykstra, Ph.D., said. “It was also made possible by the oversight and guidance of our Board of Directors and leadership team. I am so proud of the difference we have been able to make. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, we were able to continue to carry out our mission and even expand our services, always ensuring we provided help where it was needed. All the credit goes to our amazing staff.”
“What we’ve seen in this year’s IBA nominations is that organizations around the world, in every sector, have continued to innovate and succeed, despite the setbacks, obstacles and tragedies of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” said Stevie Awards president Maggie Gallagher. “All of this year’s Stevie Award winners are to be applauded for their persistence and their resilience. We look forward to celebrating their achievements with them during our Dec. 8 virtual awards ceremony.”
Details about The International Business Awards and the lists of Stevie Award winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/IBA.
Trinity Services, Inc. is a 71-year-old, nonsectarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children and adults with developmental disabilities and mental illness flourish and live full and abundant lives. Trinity serves roughly 5,500 people in more than 30 communities in northeast, central and southwest Illinois. To learn more, visit www.trinityservices.org.