https://www.acacamps.org/link/dhs-bomb-threat-guidance-brochure

https://www.acacamps.org/link/dhs-bomb-threat-phone-call-checklist

This quick reference checklist from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is designed to help employees and decision makers of commercial facilities, schools, etc. respond to a bomb threat in an...

https://www.acacamps.org/link/dhs-active-shooter-response-booklet

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Active Shooter: How to Respond Booklet. Because active shooter situations are often over within 10 to 15 minutes, before law enforcement arrives on the...

https://www.acacamps.org/link/discussion-guide-camps-other-organizations-preparing-dealing-violence

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/covid-19-decision-making-amid-uncertainty

It’s a pandemic. No one knows enough. They say it may last 12–18 months. Maybe longer. Information changes day-to-day. Sometimes more frequently. There’s a pediatric complication that wasn’t...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/campcounts-2021-report

CampCounts 2021 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/events-education/online-learning/online-course/new-director-orientation-ndo-online-course-asynchronous

ACA’ New Director Orientation (NDO) is designed to give you a solid foundation in the competencies and responsibilities necessary to your work as a camp director.  The course has been arranged...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/health-screening-has-evolved-does-your-practice-reflect

Health screening, a practice typical to most camps' opening day process, has undergone an evolution. Granted, some changes were kick-started by our COVID-19 experience but, like...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/armed-dangerous-fugitive-situations-near-camp

In the summers of 2017 and 2018, the West Virginia 4-H camp program experienced multiple incidents where camps were locked down due to armed suspects in the area. In one incident, a man stole a truck...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/camp-security

According to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the incidence of violent crimes committed against and by children and youth continues to rise in America. This alarming data has youth-serving...