‘An incredible impact’: Poor kids are being priced out of youth sports. Here’s one solution.
...“Just doing this one small thing had an
incredible impact for a lot of families,” said Berk, who published his
findings this summer in the Journal of Park and Recreation
Administration.
The fee — $50 today, but
$40 during the study period in 2009 — was covered by a Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation grant, so the change cost the city nothing. Now,
having read the results of the study, Gaithersburg officials are
considering making the waiver process permanent, which could increase
costs for providing youth sports by at least several thousand dollars.
There is also a risk of waiver fraud...
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