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https://www.acacamps.org/about/get-involved/awards/marge-scanlin-outstanding-research-award
Marge Scanlin Outstanding Research AwardMarge Scanlin was a driving force behind many of the research efforts of ACA. Upon her retirement, this award was established as an ongoing tribute to recognize Marge’s contributions by supporting...
https://www.acacamps.org/research/special-projects/indiana-youth-programs-campus
2022–2025 Indiana Youth Programs on CampusIndiana Youth Programs on Campus (IYPC) is a new Lilly Endowment initiative designed to help Indiana colleges and universities in their efforts to create new or expand and enhance existing high-...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/grant-opportunity-camps-children-youth-resilience-challenge
Grant Opportunity for Camps: Children and Youth Resilience ChallengeThis challenge is part of the President Biden’s Unity Agenda and Mental Health Strategy.
https://www.acacamps.org/research/special-projects/camp-school-partnership-demonstration-project-participants
Participants of the Camp-School Partnership Demonstration ProjectWe are so excited to have 13 great programs participating in the 2022-2024 project.
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/campcounts-2022-report
CampCounts 2022 ReportCampCounts 2022 is the latest iteration of ACA’s annual business and industry research survey, which aims to support camp professionals in their operational decision-making and to support ACA’s...
https://www.acacamps.org/research/camp-research/business-operations
Camp Business Operations ResearchAnalyze camp industry trends through summaries of our annual business operations reports. We commission three reports on a rotating basis; the most recent findings are available in day, overnight,...
https://www.acacamps.org/research/camp-research/history
History of Camp ResearchView all our past research initiatives.
https://www.acacamps.org/research/special-projects/camp-program-quality-initiative
2020-2022 Camp Program Quality InitiativeFunded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc., ACA began a special project to explore and develop systems that support camp professionals in promoting positive youth development through camp experiences.
https://www.acacamps.org/research/continuous-improvement
Tools for Continuous ImprovementAt ACA, we believe in continuous improvement. We believe that our work for young people is not conceptualized in boxes or checklists; instead, we think about our work in a cyclical way—a way that...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/summer-camp-therapeutic-tool-reducing-anxiety-youth
Summer Camp as a Therapeutic Tool for Reducing Anxiety in YouthThis study provides the first preliminary evidence that overnight summer camps—including those with and without specific treatments for anxiety, and youth with and without diagnosed behavioral and...