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The Department of Human Resources (CalHR) is responsible for establishing policy and guidelines for the administration of the State Merit Award Program. The Merit Award Program was established in 1950, to recognize employee contributions to State government. The Merit Award Program is responsible fo ...

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The Merit Award Program may be contacted at (916) 322-1360. The mailing address for the Merit Award Program is 1515 “S” Street, North Building, Suite 400, Sacramento, California 95811-7258. The Merit Award Program website may be accessed at: CAL HR Merit Award Program CalHR’s websi ...

The Merit Award Program is authorized by Government Code Sections 19815.4 (d), 19823, and 19849.9. The law grants CalHR the authority to adopt rules and regulations governing the conduct of the Program. See CalHR Regulations, Article 4, Sections 599.655–599.664.