1. New in 2018 Census Description Justification
Added clarification to “Young Athletes” metric: capture children ages 8-10 who still participate in YA and haven’t transitioned to train in a sport in the existing YA metric
Call out Fitness (as a sport) more specifically in Traditional and Unified Sports sections
Cross-checking data with grant reporting (where applicable)
Description
Per regional feedback stating that there are frequent instances of YA programming engaging athletes beyond age 7 who haven’t yet transitioned to train in a sport
Fitness programming is the development priority within Special Olympics. It is important to have an accurate measure of growth. Current data analysis reveals that several SO Programs with fitness programming neglected to report their numbers. It is believed that by providing concrete definitions of Fitness and Unified Fitness, more Programs will report the numbers.
We are collaborating with grant manager to cross-check and highlight the inconsistencies in reported numbers (when applicable) to strengthen data reporting quality / consistency.
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