https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/traditional-camp-my-epiphany-we-are-all-conservation-movement

The American Camp Association (ACA) is committed to increasing understanding of and support for the value of the camp experience — especially with governmental decision makers. ACA’s core values...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/camps-operation-purple-military-families

As funding has been cut to support the children of military families, the opportunities for your camp to support those children through the ...

https://www.acacamps.org/link/national-military-family-association-operation-purple-camps

https://www.acacamps.org/article/parents/school-camp-partnership-working-together-brighter-future-our-students

Let’s face it; our collective national education system has some issues. Some might even say it needs a complete overhaul. Teachers are often overextended and under-funded, and the resources...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-camp-crisis-hotline-annual-review-2014

These are just some of the actual calls received this year by the American Camp Association (ACA) Camp Crisis Hotline. Since 1985, ACA has been providing crisis support to camps through a...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/case-studies-2014-crisis-hotline-annual-review

Each year, the Camp Crisis Hotline team identifies a select number of case studies for a more in-depth look, and to serve as examples for other camps to use in staff training and the development of...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/important-information-regarding-revisions-aca-standards

A key role of the American Camp Association's National Standards Commission (NSC) is to regularly review and update (as needed) the ACA standards. Standards Revisions After an 18-month process...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/understanding-camps-right-search

Our topic is the search of a camper's or camp employee's belongings. This is not a U.S. Constitution, Fourth Amendment search and seizure issue, or a 14th Amendment right to privacy issue...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/utilizing-civil-rights-law-better-include-participants-disabilities

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 2.8 million school-aged children with disabilities in the United States. Their functional limitations range from effected hearing and vision to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/anatomy-lawsuit

Introduction Running a quality operation is the best way to reduce the risk of injury or other loss that may lead to camper families or others taking legal action against a camp. And camps, as an...