UFC 4-740-06
12 January 2006
g. Facility/Program Operations Staff
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SCOPE OF FACILITY.
The Youth Center is a social and recreational center primarily for use by children ages 6
to 18 in support of a Youth Program, as defined by DoD Instruction 6060.4, Youth
Programs (YPS). The Youth Center supports opportunities for youth to develop their
physical, social, emotional, and cognitive abilities and to experience achievement,
leadership, enjoyment, friendship, and recognition. Youth Program activities are
generally offered free of charge or at a reasonable cost to parents to encourage
participation and make them affordable to families.
The Youth Center facility may comprise up to three functional program areas. Not all of
the three program areas are required, but if a certain program area is provided, it must
include certain elements to meet individual program requirements. Beyond the required
spaces, each program area may have additional spaces required or allowed by the
individual Services.
The three functional program areas and their respective required elements are
described in paragraphs 1-4 through 1-6. The other facility spaces are described in
paragraph 1-7. All of these spaces are described in greater detail in Chapters 2 and 4.
Additionally, due to the numerous possible variations of Youth Center programs, a
special space program tool has been developed to help users navigate the intra- and
inter-Service permutations. This tool is described in paragraph 2-2; it may be helpful to
review this material in conjunction with these program descriptions.
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SAC PROGRAM AREA.
Included in the Youth Center facility, but generally separate from the youth program
functions, is a School-Age Care (SAC) program. This area supports the SAC program
and includes the SAC Activity Rooms, the SAC Toilets, and support and outdoor areas.
Note: the Navy does not provide the dedicated SAC toilet--SAC youth share the toilets
in the Youth Program Area. See Table 3-1 for more on this Service Exception.
The SAC program provides before- and after-school accountable childcare for a fee.
This may include having the school bus pick-up and drop-off the children both before
and after school. If children are dropped off by bus after school, the Youth Center
keeps them until parents can pick them up from the center. The SAC program varies by
Service:
a. The Army SAC program is generally for children ages 6 to 10. The Army
generally accommodates its SAC program in separate facilities. See Child
Development Center Standard Designs, for School-age Children 6-10
Years of Age, approved December 2004.
b. The Navy program is generally for children ages 6 to 12. The Navy does
not separate the SAC functions from the youth program functions.
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