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All posts tagged "summer camp"
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355NewsFrom camper to staff: How one camp’s mission changes lives
Camp Twin Lakes provides experiences that are both medically and physically adaptive and supportive.
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1.7KNewsSummer camps are booming, fueled by largest single federal funding windfall
Pandemic spending included $3 billion for afterschool/summer programs addressing learning loss and mental health.
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471GrantsCanton, Ohio region youth summer program support grants
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Summer Programs, OST, Child/Youth Mental Health, Education/Development, Ohio | Amount: Up to $2,000 | Deadline: Mar. 10, 2023
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2.3KNewsPandemic pushes afterschool programs to add social-emotional learning
Afterschool programs across the country are increasing turning to social emotional learning, or SEL, and other approaches to help cope with increased...
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1.2KNewsFunding, logistics remain challenges to afterschool and summer programs in rural communities
Afterschool Alliance estimates there are 4.5 million rural kids across the country who want to attend afterschool but can't, with low-income families...
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2.0KNewsAmerican Rescue Plan funds fuel expansion in afterschool programs
Billions of dollars earmarked for afterschool programs in the American Rescue Plan have begun to flow into programs nationwide, setting some on...
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2.8KNewsSummer camps brace for another year of social emotional fallout from pandemic
How are summer camps handling changes in the campers and the young counselors caused by the ongoing pandemic? Temper tantrums. Panic attacks....
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3.1KNewsQ&A: Michael Funk discusses California’s publicly-funded universal afterschool and summer programming
After decades working in youth development, including his current role as California's afterschool czar, Michael Funk has reached retirement age. But he...
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2.5KNewsMENTOR’s Sadiq Ali asks: ‘What … have you done to support a young person today?’
President Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill finally passed after months of negotiations, and while there are plenty of positives in the new...
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2.0KNewsQ&A: Afterschool Alliance’s Jodi Grant on the pandemic’s silver lining
For more than 15 years, Jodi Grant has guided advocacy efforts as executive director of the Afterschool Alliance, a national organization bent...
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1.9KNewsExpanded child tax credit brings enrichment for some kids who missed out
After more than a year of isolation and remote learning, many families across the country are taking advantage of the windfall of...
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1.7KNewsDemand for summer programs outpaces resources
When Virginia Clinton-Lisell received word in February that the summer day program where she had planned for her 9-year-old daughter, Katie, was...
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3.4KNewsNatural playgrounds offer restorative play for pandemic-fatigued children
A growing trend in playground design aims to eliminate over-programmed playgrounds in favor of more natural ones that lend themselves to unscripted...
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2.4KNewsAmerican Rescue Plan funds flow to summer out-of-school programs
As $122 billion flows into American education from the American Rescue Plan, some kids and families are beginning to feel the impact...
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1.2KNewsSummer camps hit with COVID outbreaks — are schools next?
The U.S. has seen a string of COVID-19 outbreaks tied to summer camps in recent weeks in places such as Texas, Illinois,...
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3.0KGuest Opinion EssaySummer offers opportunity to bridge gap in academic and social emotional learning
As America’s education system and economy recover from COVID-19, communities everywhere are turning to summer learning for hope and inspiration in preparing...
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2.1KNewsStudents disappeared during the pandemic. Community organizations are helping find them.
Schools across the country may have lost track of 1 million to 3 million students during the pandemic, but some are finding...
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1.3KNewsFamilies rejoice as camps reopen with new COVID guidance
Kennesaw, GA — Tina Lewis is helping her 10-year-old son Aaron get prepared for a week-long adventure at Camp Woodruff, a Boy...
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1.1KNewsSummer Camps Return But with Fewer Campers and Counselors
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Overnight summer camps will be allowed in all 50 states this season, but COVID-19 rules and a...
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1.3KNewsSUMMER 2021 SPECIAL: FREE VIRTUAL SUMMER LEARNING CAMPS!
Here's your guide to five of the the best free virtual summer camps. Children can easily sign up for the whole summer at...
