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Culture/Recreation/Education

Goal 1: Provide Activities, Educational Opportunities,
and Services that Meet the Needs of the Community
Objective 1: Develop and Implement Programming Based on the Needs of the Community
Project Performance Measure(s) City Service Team (Department)
Core Camp DREAM  Number of participants Neighborhood Services (Parks)
CRE  Customer surveys
1.1.2  Revenue generation to maintain the program
Summary:

The Parks and Recreation Department offers a weekly Camp DREAM Participants
themed, full‐day camp program for Arlington youth, 60
ages 5‐12. Campers enjoy games, crafts, swimming,
field trips and much more. Lunch and an afternoon 50
snack are provided. Camp DREAM is aimed at
children whose guardians are not financially able to 40
afford the registration fee for such an activity.
Recreation Center Programs will partner with the 30
AISD Family in Transition Department to provide 25
registrations to the families. There is no monetary 20
requirement for the program, but each family is
required to attend a minimum of three days per 10
week. It is the department’s attempt to address
social equity, ensuring Arlington citizens regardless of 0
financial means have access to their local parks and
recreation programming. This program is in
alignment with the National Recreation and Park
Association three pillars of social equity, health and 2018 2019 2019 ‐ Teen
wellness.

Camp Dream launched the summer of 2017 at Hugh
Smith Recreation Center. Camp Dream is an attempt
to close Arlington’s growing social equity gap,
ensuring that all Arlington citizens have access to the
benefits of reliable summer childcare.
Update:
Camp Dream is not a self‐sustaining summer Camp DREAM 2019 and Elevate DREAM 2019 have completed
program. It requires funding from an outside source. its third and second years respectively. Since its inception in
Initially, revenue was provided by the Parks and 2017, the Camp DREAM program has grown exponentially from
Recreation Sponsorship Program. Currently, CDBG 187 participants to 538 participants. Elevate DREAM has also
funding is in place. CDBG funds remaining for the first grown from 106 participants to 193 participants. Important to
four weeks of camp is a little over $32,000. Second note is that both programs are offered at multiple centers to
quarter a spring break Camp Dream will be maximize the community benefit. Attendance numbers per
implemented for youth. week are noted in the existing chart.

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