https://www.acacamps.org/blog/how-support-camper-mental-health

Here are some steps you can take to support camper mental health.

https://www.acacamps.org/news/newsletter/aca-now-march-26-2024-crisis-hotline-review-staff-camper-codes-conduct

In this issue: ACA Camp Crisis Hotline Annual Review 2023, a blog on staff and camper codes of conduct, and more....

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/staff-camper-codes-conduct-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/camps-accessing-send-child-camp-funding

The ACA Send a Child to Camp Fund provides camp scholarships for ACA-accredited day and resident camps to support children who will benefit from the camp experience but whose families may not...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/couch-camp-help-your-staff-better-prepare-your-programs-summer-marathon

A precamp program could help your staff be better prepared for camp once summer starts.

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/event/aca-upstate-new-york-fall-gathering

Join us for the Upstate New York Fall Gathering at Eagle Island Camp in Saranac Lake, NY. This day event will be a time of networking and learning and a camp tour!

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-everyone-interview-sarah-kientz

In this interview, the American Camp Association (ACA) sits down with Rev. Sarah Kientz, minister to youth and director of Camp Akita, to discuss Camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/lost-boys-finding-their-way-summer-camp

Are boys in crisis? Popular literature (Raising Cain, Lost Boys, Boys and Sex) and theater (Dear Evan Hansen) seem to suggest so. Terms such as “boy code” and “toxic masculinity” further paint a path...

https://www.acacamps.org/news/newsletter/aca-now-march-19-2024-character-survey-results-leadership-pathways-grants

In this issue: Character at Camp survey results are shared, Leadership Pathways grants for CIT program development are open, new Project Real Job blog about translating camp job skills to resumes,...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/considerations-implementing-mental-health-behavioral-supports-camp

If you’ve been thinking about adding behavioral or mental health supports to your program, you’ve also probably realized that the devil is in the details. Supporting mental, emotional, and social...