Resources
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⭐ Represents resources in their most up-to-date version as of today, regardless of publication date.
Resources Archive
Trainings and Certifications
- ⭐Trainings and Certifications needed for Licensure, ACA Accreditation, and Other Regulation– 4.14.2026
- ⭐Staff Training Reimbursement from Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce4.28.2026
- ⏯️Click HERE to view the Casual Conversation recording between Harold Alfond Center staff and MSC camp leaders: Password – HappyCamper!
MSC/MYCA Specific Resources
- ⭐⏯️MSC/MYCA Semi-Annual Meeting – 3.20.2025 🔒
Legal/Legislative/Related to Licensing
Please review the Maine State Resource page for the proposed 208 rule for summer 2025 and more.
- ⏯️Eating and Lodging Webinar – 04.16.26🔒
- ⏯️MYCA Casual Conversation – 04.08.26🔒
- Immunization Rules and Requirements for Maine Camps by Curtis Thaxter – 01.14.26🔒
- ⭐⏯️MYCA Membership Update on 208 Rules – 3.3.2025 🔒
- Maine Paid Family Medical Leave Act Update by Newell Augur, Esq., Pierce Atwood – 12.12.24 🔒
- Camper Application Elements Memo by Curtis Thaxter 🔒
Additional Compliance
- ⭐Employment Memo in Employment section below
- ⭐2025 Transportation Memo by Curtis Thaxter – 4.7.2025 🔒
- ⭐⏯️12 Angry Camp Directors Webinar – 04.11.2024🔒
Resources A to Z
Boating
- ⭐Lake Etiquette For Motorized Boating Camp Staff by the MYCA Board – 08.2024
Business Resources for Camps
- Workforce Development Compact
Climate Change
- 2025 Winter Workshop: Summer Camps & Climate Change – January 29, 2025 (Click linked name for presenter slides.)
- Dr. Casey Ivanovich, Post-doctoral Fellow and Climate Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies 🔒
- Colin Holme, Executive Director of the Lakes Environmental Association 🔒
- Shane Duigan, District Forester for the Maine Forest Service 🔒
- Dr. Casey Ivanovich, Closing Encouragement 🔒
Health
Heat Related Illnesses
- Heat Advisories by Maine CDC – 08.2025
- Extreme Heat: Keeping Kids Safe by Maine CDC – 08.2025
Immunization
- Immunization Rules and Requirements for Maine Camps🔒by Curtis Thaxter – 01.14.26
Measles
- Measles Prevention and Preparedness Tips for Camps by American Camp Association – 05.2025
- Elevating Care Weekly: Edition 03 | On Measles by Alliance for Camp Health – 04.21.2025
- Division of Disease Surveillance: Measles by Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention
Medication Management: Delegation to and training for unlicensed people.
- https://allianceforcamphealth.org/education-and-resources/medication-management/ This is the link to the Alliance for Camp Health website. The two bullet points below point are two of many resources found on the ACH site.
Tick and Lyme
- Affordable Health Care Act – Info for Camps
- Public Lyme 2023
- Public Lyme 2022
- 2020 Tick Update
- Tick Poster
- Tick Caution Sign
- Lyme & Other Vector-born Disease Info
- Lyme Disease Info From Maine Center for Disease Control
- ⭐Fight The Bite: U.S Tick Borne + Lyme Disease Initiative
Emergency Preparedness and Kinetic Threat
- CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security) Resources by Talis and Jacob “Jake” Kocek, Maine Protective Security Advisors. – 4.25.2024
- Resources for Talking with Children about Tragedy, Death, and Mass Shootings – 10.26.2023
- Summer Camp Hazard Risk Assessment – 07.07.2010
- Summer Camp Emergency Prep Quick Guide – 07.07.2010
- Sample Emergency Plan for School – 07.07.2010
Employment
- ⭐2026 Employment Memo by Curtis Thaxter – 4.10.2026 🔒
- 2025 Employment Memo by Curtis Thaxter – 4.14.2025 🔒
- ⏯️Department of Labor Webinar – 5.12.2025🔒
Risk Management
- ⏯️Staying Ahead Risk Management Webinar with Chalmers Camp Insurance – 3.3.2025 🔒
Trip and Travel Resources
White Mountain National Forest
- ⭐White Mountain National Forest | Pemigewasset Wilderness Food Storage Requirement | Forest Service – 4.28.2026
- ⭐Letter to Outfitters and Special Use Permit Holders from USDA – 4.28.2026
Maine Trip Leader Resources
- Maine Youth Camp Trip Leader Application (fillable online)
- ⭐Youth Camp Trip Leader Permit Application – 4.28.2026 This document is housed with many others on the website of the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife: www.maine.gov/ifw/forms