https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/retention-camper-staff-records

Questions we will address here include: Should camper and staff records be retained? If so, what should be kept and why? How should a camp retain such records and for how long? When may those records...

https://www.acacamps.org/about/public-policy

As an educational nonprofit association, the American Camp Association is dedicated to providing quality, reliable, and up-to-date information about the laws and regulations and other public policy...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/apply-rumpl-x-aca-camp-ambassador-program

The new Rumpl x ACA Camp Ambassador Program is seeking summer camp staff who love creating content and can help spread the Rumpl word to colleagues and campers.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/time-detox-masculinity-break-box-cut-schlock-be-beauty

Peggy Orenstein’s recent Atlantic article on “The Miseducation of the American Boy” — which pulls from her 2020 book Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/race-camp-creating-environment-camp-communities-truly-welcoming-people-color

This Camping Magazine article reflects on how to establish a truly inclusive camp environment by clarifying terms and phrases and discussing practices for creating deeper dialogue and...

https://www.acacamps.org/about/partnerships/kindred-groups/medical-disability-camps-kindred

The Medical and Disability Camp Kindred is a community of camp professionals who serve campers with medical issues and disabilities. This group is an organization of the American Camp Association....

https://www.acacamps.org/research

The ACA Research Team is committed to research and innovative, special projects that enhance the youth experience in the camp and other out-of-school contexts. We aim to expand the value and...

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/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/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...