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https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/ensuring-safety-rental-programs-key-steps-effective-abuse-prevention

Ensuring Safety in Rental Programs: Key Steps for Effective Abuse Prevention

The fall season brings on different types of programming for camps across the country. You may begin hosting rental groups or families at your facilities.  When operating these programs, it is...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/step-step-crucial-role-walkthroughs-camp-aquatic-safety

Step by Step: The Crucial Role of Walk-throughs in Camp Aquatic Safety

“Camp aquatic safety cannot solely be the responsibility of the lifeguards.” —Teresa Tucker, Consultant for The Redwoods Group  As leaders in your camp, your presence matters....

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/art-character

The Art of Character

Learn how ACA created the logo for the Character at Camp initiative.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/barriers-or-concerns-about-introducing-or-expanding-character-camp

Barriers or Concerns about Introducing or Expanding Character at Camp

The Character at Camp Initiative seeks to address many of these concerns.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/april-national-child-abuse-prevention-month

April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month

Join ACA and thousands of youth-serving organizations across the country in taking a stand to prevent sexual abuse of the children we care for and serve.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/character-camp-families

Character at Camp and Families

Character at camp survey results regarding how camps talk about character to their camp families.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/staff-camper-codes-conduct-powerful-defense-against-abuse

Staff and Camper Codes of Conduct: A Powerful Defense against Abuse

For too long, the topic of child sexual abuse prevention at camp — and other youth-serving organizations — was focused too narrowly on keeping abusers out. Whether it was through criminal background...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-camps-include-character

How Camps Include Character

ACA built a survey to learn more from the field about how character already shows up at camp. In this blog, we share results from the survey and what we are learning so far

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/focus-growth-learning-how-implement-aquatic-test-mark-protect-practices-camp

A Focus on Growth and Learning: How to Implement Aquatic "Test, Mark, Protect" Practices at Camp

In the past decade, aquatic facilities across the country have adopted Test, Mark, Protect policies as a core set of strategies to reduce risk, and to set clear expectations for anyone wanting to...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/friend-or-foe-preventing-peer-peer-abuse-camp

Friend or Foe? Preventing Peer-to-Peer Abuse at Camp

Reducing the risk of peer-to-peer abuse is a complex task, but here are a few concrete steps you can take to strengthen your prevention practices today!