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Parks department updates policies and eyes CAPRA accreditation next year
Summary
The Elkhart City Parks and Recreation Department updated its administrative policies — changing scholarship eligibility, tightening weather‑closure thresholds and adding continuity and crisis‑communications plans — and plans a CAPRA self‑assessment this year with a likely visitation next summer.
Matthew Williams presented revisions to the department’s administrative policies and procedures manual and outlined a schedule to pursue CAPRA (Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies) accreditation.
Key policy changes include moving scholarship eligibility from a school reduced‑lunch requirement to an affidavit‑based system, new temperature and notification…
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