https://www.acacamps.org/conference

The 2026 National Conference will be held February 17-20, 2026, in San Diego, CA. 

https://www.acacamps.org/research/grants-innovative-special-projects

With the support of grant funding, ACA’s Research Team is busy testing innovative ideas, tools, and systems in the camp field, ranging from program quality to camp-school partnerships, to camper and...

https://www.acacamps.org/conference/exhibithall

https://www.acacamps.org/research/continuous-improvement/camp-program-quality

Program quality refers to the ways camp staff practices, activities, and program climate foster youth development consistently over time.

https://www.acacamps.org/research/special-projects/leadership-pathways-project

This three-year grant program is designed to foster evidence-informed planning, testing, and improving initiatives to increase access to and engagement in counselor-in-training (CIT) programs and...

https://www.acacamps.org/research/special-projects/camp-school-partnerships-project

The Camp-School Partnerships Project, currently funded by the SMBC Global Foundation, is a regranting initiative that gifts one- to two-year grants to nonprofit camps to build their capacity to...

https://www.acacamps.org/conference/program/schedule

Please review carefully, to familiarize yourself with changes to the schedule for 2026.

https://www.acacamps.org/conference/program/kindred-events

Below are a list of events scheduled around the 2026 ACA National Conference in San Diego, California.

https://www.acacamps.org/conference/hotel

Hotel Reservations If the Town and Country does not have availability for the nights you're staying, please check the overflow hotels, using the links below. ACA’s contracted...

https://www.acacamps.org/conference/program

2026 Schedule To help plan your daily conference activities, we've provided a conference schedule-at-a-glance.  See what's happening each day.  Additional details will be added...