2019 Zimmerman Award given to juvi director
The 2019 Gabe Zimmerman Public Service Award was awarded to a juvi director by The Center for the Future of Arizona (CFA) on Thursday.
Tim Hardy was the award winner for 2019 and awarded a Community Builder Award for his commitment to improving civic health and community connections for the Yuma County. Criteria for the award was job creation and training, advancing healthy communities, environmental and historical preservation, volunteerism and philanthropy, and educational advancement.
He has been the Director of the Yuma County Juvenile Justice Center for the past 22 years. There he holds the responsibility of administrating 10 separate divisions, including a charter school. Hardy oversees a 10-million-dollar annual budget for the juvenile justice center, and he is responsible for a 68-bed juvenile detention facility.
Tim has participated in several committees, including the Statewide Risk Need Committee, Detention Standards Committee, the Detention Curriculum Sub-Committee and several statewide budget committees. He is also a member of the Committee on Judicial Education and is past Chairman of the Committee of Probation Education and the Committee on Probation. He is a past President of the Arizona Chief Probation Officers Association and is currently President Elect for the American Probation and Parole Association ( APPA ) and will become President of APPA in August of 2019 . Tim is currently chairman of the Kids at Hope Yuma Chapter.
On January 8, 2011, Gabe Zimmerman gave his life while serving the citizens of Arizona. In honor of Zimmerman CFA presents special awards each year to non-elected public servants to recognize their contributions to Arizona communities.
