ASSOCIATED RECREATION COUNCIL
8061 DENSMORE AVE N, SEATTLE, WA 98103 www.arcseattle.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: INSPIRE ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN EQUITABLE, DYNAMIC, CULTURALLY RELEVANT, AND RESPONSIVE RECREATION AND LIFE LONG LEARNING PROGRAMS. VISION: BRINGING TOGETHER ALL PEOPLE TO BUILD A HEALTHY COMMUNITY.

ASSOCIATED RECREATION COUNCIL, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION, PROVIDES QUALITY RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND LICENSED SCHOOL-AGE CARE AND PRESCHOOL (CHILDCARE) AT 26 SEATTLE COMMUNITY CENTERS AND 13 RECREATION CENTERS.

RECREATION: EXEMPT PURPOSE IS TO OFFER LOW COST OR FREE RECREATION PROGRAM DELIVERY ACROSS THE CITY OF SEATTLE. WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE SPR TO OFFER RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN TWENTY-SIX (26) COMMUNITY CENTERS, SPONSORED MULTIPLE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS IN SEATTLE PARKS & RECREATION FACILITIES, OPERATED RECREATION ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS IN NINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND SERVED OVER 65,000 RECREATION PARTICIPANTS DURING 2019. FOCUSED ON ENHANCED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES SO INABILITY TO PAY CEASES TO BE A BARRIER TO RECREATION, HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. IN 2015 ARC COMBINED THE EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH OUR RECREATION PROGRAMMING. RECTECH CONTINUES TO EXPAND OUT-OF-SCHOOL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH IN SEATTLE'S MOST UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS - IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERSCHOOL AND EVENING HOURS (3-6PM) AND THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER (9AM-6PM) - BY PROVIDING COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS TO YOUTH LACKING SUCH ACCESS AND EMPOWERING THEM WITH THE DIGITAL LITERACY SKILL-SET REQUIRED TO SUCCEED IN TODAY'S CLASSROOM AND WORKPLACE. DURING 2019 RECTECH SERVED OVER 1,861 YOUTH IN FIVE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT SEATTLE. AT THE BEGINNING OF 2019, FIVE OF THE PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS WERE NO LONGER RECOGNIZED AS A RECREATION PROGRAM AND WERE MOVED TO THEIR OWN PROGRAM BASE. THIS CHANGE IS TO ALIGN THESES SERVICES ACROSS THE CITY AND TO PREPARE FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S PRESCHOOL FOR ALL LICENSING COMPLIANCE.

CHILDCARE: LOW COST OUT OF SCHOOL CARE, PRESCHOOL, AND SUMMER DAY CAMP. AMONG OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ARC CONTINUES TO RAISE THE STANDARD FOR OUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS WITH CREATIVE CURRICULUM, IN THE SAME VEIN WE CONTINUE TO INCORPORATE THE HIGHER STANDARDS OF SAPQA (SCHOOL AGE PROGRAM QUALITY ASSESSMENT) INITIATIVE IN OUR SCHOOL AGE CARE PROGRAMS. 2019 PARTICIPANTS SERVED: LICENSED SCHOOL-AGE CARE- APPROX 2,300, PRESCHOOL - APPROX 400, SUMMER DAY CAMP - APPROX 2,500 PER WEEK FOR TEN (10) WEEKS.

THE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM BECAME A STAND ALONE PROGRAM ON 1/1/17. THERE ARE THIRTEEN PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS ACROSS THE SYSTEM WHERE TWO OF THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE BECOME LICENSED PROGRAMS THROUGH SPP (SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM) AND THREE OF THE PROGRAMS BECAME PATHWAYS PROGRAMS THROUGH DEEL (DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING) DURING 2019. SPP OFFERS FREE PRESCHOOL AS A SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES WHO HAVE ECONOMIC BARRIERS TO ENROLLING. THE REMAINING EIGHT PROGRAMS ARE RECREATION PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS.

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