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(P) Parents; (G) Government; (B) Business; (E) Education; (N) Non Profts

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The Conductor of the Youth Sports Orchestra

Cabinet (council) level position

Reports directly to Mayor (Executive)

Duties

Coordinate all entities responsible for providing opportunities in youth sport

Maintain evolving list of non profits

Attract new non profits and expand sport opportunities

Cultivate culture of an active lifestyle

Ensuring adequate training opportunities for volunteer coaches

Developing and expanding safe, secure space for youth sport

And so on...

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Confluence of time, money, proximity

Time = require maintenance

Money = maintenance personnel, overhead bills, improvements, "where does it come from?"

Proximity = physical layout of surrounding area is unique

Possible Solution

Use and maximize existing school property (G) (E) (N) (P) (B)

More bang for tax buck

Extra Non profit cash would improve facilities for whole student body

Job shadow opportunities

Use and maximize existing local public property (G) (P) (N) (B)

More bang for tax buck

Non profit money improves facilities for whole community

Job shadow opportunities

Convert abandoned buildings into useable space (G) (B) (P) (N) (B)

Not building facility from scratch

Maximizing available space in local community

Tangible sign of improvement

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The most difficult to change

people always resistant to change

Culture = learned, shared set of behaviors and beliefs

Possible Solution

Start in schools (G) (E) (P) (N)

Learned = education

What is learned must be changed

Message must be

consistent

repeated

inclusive

Educate the Whole Child

incorporate education on drugs use, sex, alcohol, college education, etc.

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An issue both political parties can support

Democrat: "We will continue to economically support those who society would rather see cast aside in order to give them a fair shot at life."

Republican: "restoring the future for low-income children by ensuring they have what makes America great - the family and local community."

Advocates at every level

Must be a maestro for all parties

Coordinate efforts and ensure enforcement

Youth Sports Coordinator

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Coaching = teaching

Teachers need Certification

Coaches need ???

Needs to be a development plan

Especially behavior management

Possible solution

Required training (G) (N) (P)

Non profit can provide training

i.e Coaching Corps

Parents eager to do so

especially if freed to do so by work

Higher Education Institutions offer coaching degree programs (G) (E) (N)

Fall under Education Department

Many skills overlap

Classes already being offered

The line between teacher and coach is paper thin at most

expectations should be similar

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Location, Location, Location

Is it safe?

Is it supervised?

How will child get to and from location?

Possible Solution

Use existing public school boundaries and facilities (G) (P) (E) (N)

Keep things as local as possible

Keep age groups together

Include private and parocial

Diffuse population

Non profits provide labor force

Expand police force (or inolve state police) and Integrate PAL into after school programs

Same could be done with firefighters

Training provided by Non Profits

Ideally: young, just out of college, grow with community

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Conflict is around taxes

"should schools/sports be funded?" Yes

"How should schools/sports be funded?" Difficult to answer

Possible Solutions

Resource Education (P) (G) (E) (N) (B)

Compile list of all available resources to low-income communities

Communities find proper combination

Tax credit for active children (G) (N)

Organization provides proof of commitment

Individual provides proof of meeting income threshold

Gov't provides a capped tax credit per child

Government Tax Write Off (G) (B)

Business contributes to local sports

Receives tax write off

Advantage: Goes directly to local community

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Work Schedule (P) (B) (G)

Do I volunteer or do we eat?

answer never easy

Possible Solutions

Legislation (G) (P)

Parent Volunteer Form

Provide proof of volunteer oppotunity

Via tax records must prove below income threshold

Business must allow worker to attend sporting event either as coach or spectator

Could be paid for time out of work*

Business receives tax credit for lost wages

Business Policy (B) (P) (G)

Worker provides proof of volunteer opportunity

Business provides a bank of time to be used (i.e. vacation)

Receives tax credit for lost production from government

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Reagan Revolution

Pull back public support for community-based programs

salaries

resources

Middle-class white kids 50% more likely to play sports

56% of African-American girls reported no exercise (31% of white girls)

In 2011, 4.5 million kids ages 6 to 12 did not exercise at all

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Time

Money

Transportation/Proximity

Space

Coaching

Lack of Public Support

Culture/Inclusion

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Let's Move

Michelle Obama

SquashBusters

Greg Zaff

America Scores

Julie Kennedy

Snider Youth Hockey Foundation

Ed Snider

Haas Foundation

Walter and Evelyn Haas

Social Levelers

Girls on the Run

Row New York

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"author of Until It Hurts: America's Obsession with Youth Sports and How It Harms Our Kids and co-author with Dr. Robert Cantu of Concussions and Our Kids: America's Leading Expert on How to Protect Young Athletes and Keep Sports Safe. He teaches in the sports management program at George Washington University." via Amazon.com

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by Mark Hyman

Published: Beacon Press, April 9, 2013

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Data echoes findings in other studies

Socioeconomics has more to do with participation rates

Skin Color's Influence only an Illusion

Culture plays more important role

Disabled completely neglected

Often an afterthought compared to race

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"a thought leadership exercise that will lay the foundation for the nation to get and keep more children involved in sports, with a focus on addressing the epidemic of physical inactivity."

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www.AspenProjectPlay.org

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Higher self confidence, greater ownership of her body, more likely to make healthy decisions regarding sex, drugs, alcohol

Greater self-esteem, happier with weight regardless of actual weight.

Tend to wait longer to have sex for the first time

About half as likely to become pregnant than non female athletes

Less likely to use cigarettes, marijana, cocaine

Less likely to contemplate suicide

Less risk of developing eating disorder

More likely to remain physically active

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States should pass legislation similar to California Assembly Bill 2404

allows state facilities to be sued if they do not provide equitable resources and allocations of resources and programming.

Send money and resources where they are needed most - low-income communities and communities of color - and the community organizations or after-school sports programs that serve them.

Design sports programs with girls in mind

Female Coaches matter, especially to serve as a role model

More research should be done on issue by schools and teachers

When allocating or requesting funds, special emphasis on creating quality programing for girls should be considered.

Individuals needed to champion the cause of sports for low-income girls

More volunteers needed to support girls programs

Educate parents early and often of the benefits of girls youth sports

Address the Whole Girl

Associate girls sports with organizations, which will education girls about pregnancy prevention, gang intervention and educational achievement

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Obesity Rate 2001-2008

African-American: up 22%

Native-Americans: up 23%

44% Black females are not physically active for at least 60 minutes a day

US has highest teen pregnancy rate in the world

Poor and low-income teens account for 83% of teen births

Female incarceration rates increased 5% per year from 1995-2004. Male rate was 3.3%

African-American women 4x more likely to be incarcerated than white female

Adolescent girls self-esteem drops twice the rate of boys.

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"works to eliminate disparities in access to high-quality after-school sports programs for young people living in poverty and communities of color to increase and improve their physical, emotional and social health."

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www.teamupforyouth.org

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Social

Relationship with Coaches

Making new friends

Team work and social skills

Personal

Emotional Control

Exploration

Confidence

Discipline

Academic Performance

Weight Management

Keep Busy

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Parents "help themselves"

Awareness of additional funding

Additional funding resources

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Time Management and Scheduling

Financial Barriers

Maintaining participation with improvement

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"The first purpose of this study was to examine low-income parents’ and their children’s perceptions of the benefits associated with participation in youth sport. The second purpose was to examine parents’ perceptions of the challenges associated with providing their children sporting opportunities."

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"...fueling a movement of volunteer coaches to provide kids in low-income communities with the same opportunities to play sports as kids from more affluent communities. We recruit college students and community members to volunteer as coaches and train them to use a season of sports to teach kids valuable life lessons, such as persistence, empathy, teamwork, and optimism. By placing them in afterschool programs serving low-income communities, we provide a trained workforce of volunteer coaches so that these programs can use the power of sports to improve health, education, and social outcomes for kids."

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Parents

Offer training supportive of work schedules

Leverage Existing Community Structures

Create new pipelines of volunteer coaches

Safe Space

School Yards

After School Programs

Recess/PE

Existing Local Space

Inclusion

Customize to local interests

Wrap-around Services

Fair Play for Girls

Enact Fair Policy

Community Leaders

Rally key stakeholders

60 Minutes of play

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Parents

Inflexible Work Schedules

Lack of transportation

Lack of Child care for younger siblings

Language Barriers

Safe Space

Lack of Public Parks

Lack of Recreation Centers

Proximity

Inclusion Issues

Females

Differently-abled

ESL

Cultural

Community Leaders

Need more involvement

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Because low income youth are not different than youth from other socioeconomic backgrounds, but participate in youth sports are far fewer numbers. This has led to increased numbers in obesity and is a significant health concern.

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Psychology of Sport and Exercise, September 2011

University of Alberta

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Coaching Corps

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What are the biggest hurdles for low income youth in accessing youth sports?

With so much information on the topic, why isn't more being done?

What is currently being done to help solve this problem?

What are the future plans to solve this problem?