Action Team Update – Q3 2022
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Category: state of play report
COALITION PARTNERS WITH COUNTY TO ANNOUNCE $4.6 MILLION IN YOUTH SPORTS & RECREATION FUNDING
COALITION HELPED DEVELOP AND LEAD A PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KING COUNTY Read the funding announcement from King County Executive Dow Constantine and see a full list of grantees below: Click through to read entire announcement.
Basketball Equity Action Team’s work highlighted by Seattle Times
The Basketball Equity Action Team’s work to bring basketball to local communities was recently highlighted in the Seattle Times. …Continue reading Basketball Equity Action Team’s work highlighted by Seattle Times
SPORT SAMPLING CAMP 2022
Earlier this month, the Coalition partnered with 14 member organizations to put on the 2nd annual Sports Sampling Camp! The Coalition was excited to partner with our pro-sports team members and with six of our youth-serving sports-based organization members. The Coalition couldn’t have done it without the help of each and every participating member! This…Continue reading SPORT SAMPLING CAMP 2022
Action Team Update – Q2 2022
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King County Play Equity Coalition to serve Seattle and King County as part of the new cohort of Thrive Outside Communities
The King County Play Equity Coalition was selected to support Seattle-King County as one of four new regions to be added to the Thrive Outside Communities project, supported by the Outdoor Foundation. King County is joining Chicago, Detroit, and Washington, D. C. as new communities in the already 12-city cohort. …Continue reading King County Play Equity Coalition to serve Seattle and King County as part of the new cohort of Thrive Outside Communities
Action Team Update – Q1 2022
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Recommendations: Making play and physical activity facilities more accessible
New work from the coalition’s facilities access Action team The Facilities Access Action Team was formed in response to inequities of youth access to recreation facilities across our County. Building on feedback from community leaders, the State of Play: Seattle-King County report highlighted challenges of reserving facilities and how policies such as historic use disproportionately…Continue reading Recommendations: Making play and physical activity facilities more accessible
Coalition Strategic Plan Completed
Earlier this summer, after a year and a half long process that included input from Coalition members, an equity-focused consultant, and many hours of work between Coalition leadership and staff, the Coalition has passed a strategic plan to drive its work through 2024….Continue reading Coalition Strategic Plan Completed
Equity in Facility Access: Model Joint Use Agreement
In development of a model JUA, the team learned about the spectrum of shared use, read policy briefs, and reviewed toolkits from the National Partnership on Safe Routes to School, Change Lab Solutions, and the Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition of Washington. They evaluated 4 model Joint Use Agreements developed by Change Lab Solutions and the National Policy & Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity and ultimately selected one to revise and integrate feedback into. The team clarified use of supplemental facilities such as lockers, restrooms, and storage, adjusted language to a collaborative approach, and recommended equity goals be noted in the agreement. This model can be applied to agreements between school district and local city government as well as third parties such as community-based organizations, youth leagues, and/or other recreation providers….Continue reading Equity in Facility Access: Model Joint Use Agreement