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COVID-19

Guidance for Children’s Day Camps


and Youth Sports Camps ​Effective June 1, 2020
Residential overnight camps are prohibited in June. Decisions for July and August overnight camps will be made in mid-June.

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Children’s residential camps that choose to operate as day camps must work with the Colorado Department of Human Services and their lo
public health agency​ (LPHA) for approval.

Day camps, including mobile and outdoor camps, must operate with restrictions and strong precautionary measures, as specified in the guidance
below.
GUIDANCE FOR CAMP OPERATORS REGARDING EMPLOYEES  REGARDING CAMPERS 

Prior to camp ● Screen staff and volunteers for ● Screen campers for symptoms
● Establish a plan that includes: symptoms and close-contact and close-contact exposures
o Capacity and registration of campers that accommodates required exposures upon arrival to ensure at drop off, pick up, to ensure
physical distancing (6 feet) and maximum group size (25 and fewer they are symptom-free before they are symptom-free before
outdoors, 10 or fewer indoors per room with four walls and a door). they are cleared to work. they are deemed able to
Physical distancing and group-size requirements apply to all camp (​Additional Guidance​). Encourage attend.
activities, including transportation, eating, and recreational sick employees to use the ​CDPHE ● Consider testing and
activities. Symptom Tracker​. conducting temperature
o Established groups of up to 25 outdoors and 10 indoors per room ● Consider testing and checks for campers who
must not mix with other groups during any part of the day. temperature checks for staff and show symptom​s​. (​Additional
o The availability of substitute staff if staff or volunteers become ill or volunteers who show symptoms. Guidance​)
are exposed. (​Additional Guidance​) ● Send home campers with
o The establishment of protocols for responding and reporting cases to ● Send home staff and volunteers symptoms consistent with
health care staff, local public health authorities, and CDPHE. with symptoms consistent with COVID-19 or other
● Ensure space is available to isolate ill staff and campers (cots, bedding, COVID-19 or other communicable illnesses with
restrooms, and supervision). communicable illnesses and a recommendation to get
● Provide adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) for staff who recommend testing. tested immediately (​Testing
supervise and care for ill campers, staff, and volunteers. for COVID-19​) and adhere to
● Ensure the on-call availability of a nurse or health care professional. isolation and exclusion
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● Ensure access to public restrooms, drinkable water sources, and picnic or ● Require staff or volunteers sent requirements. (​How to
other eating areas during activities at outdoor locations. home to adhere to ​isolation​ and Isolate​)​Provide frequent
● Train camp staff on current executive and public health orders in Colorado. exclusion requirements. communication with all
● Train camp health care staff on prevention, transmission, and care of ● Establish protocols for staff and families of enrolled campers
COVID-19 illness. volunteers to alert health care related to the occurrences of
● Prepare for closures following a case or outbreak of COVID-19. staff of symptoms in themselves COVID-19 at the camp, the
● Require masks and physical distancing during transportation to and from the or campers. camp’s responses, and all
camp. ● Determine if any staff or issues in the public health
● Ensure sufficient handwashing/hand sanitizing locations and supplies are volunteers are at a higher risk for order.
available. COVID-19 and consider whether ● Educate campers about
● Ensure adequate cleaning and disinfecting supplies. job duties that don’t involve COVID-19 and the related
● Camps designated for children with special health care needs are strongly interaction with others are protocols, and address their
advised not to operate. advisable. fears and questions.
● Staff and volunteers, to the ● Establish protocols for
While camp is in session extent possible, should remain campers to self-report
● Outdoor camps may be held with up to 25 campers in a group. Indoor camps with the same group of campers symptoms to staff, volunteers
remain at 10 campers per room which includes four walls and a door. Cohorts and maintain physical distancing or health care staff.
must remain with their group and not mix with other groups during of at least 6 feet whenever ● Campers, to the extent
structured time or free time. possible, including during meals possible, should be kept in
● Stagger drop-off and pickup times to avoid large groups and allow for and recreation. stable groups of 25 and fewer
screening. ● Require handwashing upon outdoors (but must stay at 10
● Require staff and campers with suspected exposures, such as ill household arrival, before eating, and at and fewer indoors per room)
contacts, to be sent home with a recommendation to get tested immediately regular intervals throughout the with the same staff and
(​Testing for COVID-19​) and adhere to requirements for isolation and day. counselors and maintain
exclusion. (​How to Isolate​) ● Require masks or face coverings physical distancing of at least
● Stagger meal times and prohibit self-serve foods, including buffet and whenever possible. 6 feet during eating and
family-style meal service. recreation.
● Provide guidance and signs to maintain required physical distancing, IF THERE IS A CONFIRMED CASE ● Require handwashing upon
respiratory etiquette, and hygiene. OF COVID-19 AMONG CAMPERS arrival, before eating, and at
● Post relevant information from federal, state, and local health agencies about regular intervals throughout
OR CAMP STAFF the day.
behaviors that mitigate the spread of disease.
● Ensure sufficient cleaning and disinfecting of commonly touched surfaces, ● Require masks or face
● The camp ​must​ notify and
equipment, and vehicles throughout the camp, especially in areas used for coverings whenever possible.
cooperate with their local
the temporary isolation or quarantine of ill or exposed staff, volunteers, and
campers.
public health agency on next
● Whenever possible, limit activities that are not conducive to the required 6 steps.
feet of physical distancing or could pose a safety hazard when campers and ● Local public health agency
staff are physical distancing. contacts can be found ​here​.
● Single-night overnight excursions are permitted so long as the campers and ● Outbreak guidance for
staff remain strictly cohorted. non-healthcare facilities can
be found ​here​.

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