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Pathway to Health in ParksBecome a 2020 SCORP Partner
In 2015, California’s innovative Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) focused on increasing park access and equity throughout the state. To
advance the strategy for achieving this vision, the SCORP Team met with local residents, universities, and the Advisory Council and reached agreement:
Parks and recreation must be positioned as an essential public service for creating healthy and safe communities.
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Test What Works!1. View the Toolkit at www.parks.ca.gov/SCORP/Tools (starting July 1, 2017).
2. Choose tools to help secure new funding or partnerships for a new project or program.
3. Give feedback to improve the tools.
4. Describe the health benefits of the new project or program.
What This Means for California Q Inspire – The Toolkit connects public health and safety with parks and recreation. Presenting the tools to
local decision makers will motivate them to increase investment in park and recreation services.
Q Empower – After testing the effectiveness of each tool, your feedback can improve California’s Toolkit to assist hundreds of local agencies.
Q Achieve – Attracting new investment in park projects and programs will improve the health and safety of communities across California.
Q Inform – Feedback, lessons learned, and achievements will be captured in California’s SCORP to set priorities for the future.
Q California’s Health in Parks Survey: tool you can use to collect opinions in your community
Q Health in Parks Brochure: explains how parks and recreation programs can be a greater solution for health
Q Success Stories: guidance, tricks of the trade, and personal stories
Q Geographic Information Systems: online mapping tools that show park, demographic, and health spatial data
Q Health Funding List: resources that can provide funding for new recreation programs and projects
Q Supporting Research Library: online collection of parks and recreation benefits evidence-based data
Toolkit for Partners
Pathway to 2020
Improve the Toolkit
Your involvement in these steps will be recognized in the 2020 SCORP Report.
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Test these tools at www.parks.ca.gov/SCORP/Tools (starting July 1, 2017)
Q Your partnership is critical to the process!
Q On-going feedback for Toolkit improvements allows California to further test how to position parks and recreation as an essential service for community health and safety
Fall 2016/Spring 2017
Advisory Council, public, and university focus groups to
develop Toolkit
July 2017
Partners start testing the Toolkit
Summer 2017 through 2019
Partners give feedback to improve the Toolkit
Collect responses for
California’s Health in Parks Survey
Contribute a Success Story
2020
SCORP to Governor’s Office and National
Park Service
Get credit: your name will appear on the
SCORP website as a partner