Summer Camp Guidance
- Field Guide for Camps
- CDC Considerations for Youth and Summer Camps
- CDC Suggestions for Youth Programs and Camps: Readiness and Planning Tool
- CDC Video: Stay Safe at Summer Camp
- AAP Guidance on Summer Camps
Association of Camp Nursing
- Coronavirus COVID-19 Considerations for Camps
- Example Screening Form for Opening Day
- Template for a Communicable Disease Plan
- Communicable Disease Management in the Camp Setting (This ACN practice commentary describes strategies that will help minimize the potential that communicable illnesses, such as COVID-19, will occur and describes general strategies to use when there is an outbreak.)
- A Healthy Camp Begins & Ends at Home
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Decisison Tools
- Schools and Child Care Programs
- Child Care Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Youth Programs and Camps During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Workplaces During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Guidance
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CDC Camp Guidance Update (June 10, 2020)
- CDC Considerations for Youth and Summer Camps (Updated June 9, 2020)
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Communities
- Guidance for School Settings Before and During a COVID-19 Outbreak
- Guidance: Get Your Mass Gatherings or Large Community Events Ready for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Guidance for Administrators in Parks and Recreational Facilities
- Considerations for Public Pools, Hot Tubs, and Water Playgrounds During COVID-19
- Managing Asthma During COVID-19
- Direct Service Providers
- People with Developmental and Behavioral Disorders
- Direct Service Providers, Caregivers, Parents, and People with Developmental and Behavioral Disorders
- Group Homes for Individuals with Disabilities
Additional Health Resources
- PPE & Test Kit Vendors for Camps
- Handwashing: Make It Really Effective
- Contact Tracing — Johns Hopkins University
- Ways to Promote Children’s Resilience to the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 Dashboards/Trends
Here are several resources that Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc. (EH&E) recommends that camps employ to best understand the pandemic conditions on a national framework. There are many dashboards that are posting up data and EH&E currently feels confident in the data streaming from these three sources.
- State and country level metircs — Johns Hopkins
- Trending charts for countries — Johns Hopkins
- COVID-19 Dashboards — NY Times
- COVID-19 Trends for U.S. Counties — National Association of County Health Officials
Connect with Local Health Authorities
Chances are you have already reached out to local public resources, but building and maintaining a strong relationship with your local health department and emergency response managers is key to ensuring an appropriate community and camp response to any communicable disease threat.
Health officials are currently taking steps to prevent the introduction and spread of COVID-19 into US communities. Camps can play an important role in this effort. Continue to collaborate, share information, and review plans with local health officials to help protect your camp community. Establish regular communications with them to ensure that they are fully informed about your camp’s communicable disease management plans and procedures, so they can best support your program. Your plans should build on everyday communicable disease prevention practices that include strategies for before, during, and after a possible outbreak. Refer to the Communicable Disease in the Camp Setting resources and Coronavirus Disease FAQs.