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[quote=Anonymous]Welcome to the wonderful world of summer camps.  They are not like daycare centers which have licensing and oversight.  You have to call and ask what their individual policies are about hiring.  What their injury rates are.  And whatever else you are interested in.  There are some accrediting bodies that have specific requirements.  So you can look for camps with those credentials.  I can tell you that 4 to 5 years ago I called a well known day camp with multiple locations and asked if they did specific background checks on their counselors.  The director responded to my inquiry and said that the adults working with kids at one of the locations were screened.  No one at any of the other locations were screened.  Also, 4 to 5 years ago, I called a well known county's parks and recs summer camp department and asked about the hiring and screening process for summer camps.  I was told that FT parks and rec employees were screened.  However, no one who was PT or seasonal was screened and they couldn't guarantee that any of the third party providers were screened.[/quote]

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