KAE

First off I just want to say that we got the church at the date we wanted and at about the time we wanted. That went pretty well now on to the Kansas Award of Excellence.

The KAE is bullshit. To apply a lot of money has to be spent. First, there is the part where you want to say your interested in applying, thats a $50-$100 per department in an organization. They then submit a small self assesment ~8pgs per department. Then the next year they can submit and intent to submit which is $200 and ~15 pgs per department. And then they send back what you said and say "oh this and this needs more work". And you may have to submit a intent multiple times before they give you the flag to actually submitt an application. I'm not sure how much that costs but im sure its more. Here's the thing though. Any legitamate organization can win the KAE. It doesn't matter if you are the crappiest organization in the state, as long as you are able to asses yourself well, or pay someone to asses you, you can win the award. It's all about how well you are able to talk about yourself, not any degress of "excellence".