https://www.acacamps.org/blog/summer-camp-even-more-vital-2021-beyond

Summer camp is no longer an optional add-on to enrich a child’s experience while they are out of school; it is a vital need for all children and adolescents in 2021 and beyond. 

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/accreditation-visits-2021

Updated: April 26, 2021 In September 2020, the National Standards Commission (NSC) requested that a task-group recommend options for conducting 2021 accreditation visits. These camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/aca-research-forum

The ACA Research Forum is an opportunity for researchers and camp professionals to share and discuss new research related to campers, camp staff, camp programs, and a wide variety of other camp-...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/update-camp-program-quality-initiative-spotlight-continuous-quality-improvement-systems-design-work

This blog is the first in a five-part series that will dive deeply into the work of our working groups and describe our plans for our Program Quality Coach/Observer processes.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-33-cultural-appropriation-camp

This episode will not give you answers, but we hope that the questions we ask ourselves are thought provoking and valuable for the culture of your camp.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/working-camp-essential-experience-ultimate-summer-job

We all thought that camp was a vital experience before the pandemic. Now, we are an essential experience for the mental and emotional health of the young people...

https://www.acacamps.org/news/hot-topic/financial-relief-camps-beyond-paycheck-protection-program

The federal relief bill passed in December includes an option for financial relief for businesses in addition to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) that is only now beginning to get noticed. The...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/research-study-2020-summer-campcounts-survey

The results from a research study of COVID-19 cases and their relation to the use of nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in camps during summer 2020 will be published the week of January 31, 2021...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/new-year-new-skills-pro-tips-finding-securing-grant-funding-your-camp

Learn new skills and a fresh outlook about grant funding opportunities. Grant funding can play an important role in helping nonprofit camps withstand the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. Whether you are...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/summer-camp-our-kids-antidote-pandemic-living

For two decades, I’ve been heralding the importance of summer camp to families who have never attended. Years before COVID-19, there existed a world-wide outbreak amongst our youth in technology...