Post on 28-Apr-2018
YWCA USA Metrics Report
1 YWCA Aquatics Programs
This data is only for internal YWCA use. This document is part of the YWCA USA Metrics
Compilation for 2012. Find more resources on the intranet at www.ywca.org.
the ywca:
aquatics programs
22% of YWCAs provide aquatic-based safety, health, family activity, and instructor certification programs
YWCA aquatics programs are unique due to mission-based outreach and involvement efforts designed to ensure participation among all facets of the community. YWCA aquatic programs, no matter what one’s age, ensure:
Access to swim lessons and aquatic programs for low income families
Development of water safety skills and confidence
Increased strength and coordination
Sped-up recovery from medical conditions
Continued healthy physical and cognitive functioning
Opportunities for parent-child and family bonding
Opportunities to develop neighborhood and peer relationships
Motivation to achieve more and compete in a healthy way among peers
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50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000480,660 women
and family
members are
“in the swim” at
YWCAs, learning
water safety,
staying healthy,
and enjoying
family and
community time
together
YWCA Aquatics Programs 2
YWCA Aquatics Programs: An Overview
Service Recipient Demographics
Common Service Partners
American Red Cross
Arthritis Foundation
Boys & Girls Club
Community Action Programs
Easter Seals El Papalote Child Care for Special Needs Children
Fraternal organizations
Head Start
Healthways
Hospitals/clinics
Housing/condo and neighborhood associations Leukemia Society
Local preschool and childcare programs,
McDonald's
Montessori
MS Society
Municipal recreation departments Nautilus
Public school districts/private schools
Silver Sneakers
Special Olympics
U.S. Masters Swimming
USA Swimming Wheels to Water
YouthNet
Other local nonprofit service organizations and coalitions
Gender and Age Income Level Ethnicity
Boys: 9%
Men Aged
< 59: 19 %
Girls: 14%
Women
Aged < 59: 29%
Women
Aged 60+: 20%
Men Aged
60+: 9 % Income at or below the federally defined poverty line
and/or subsidized by at least one funding
source: 51%
White: 57%
Latina: 17%
Black/African American: 20%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 1%
Native American/Native Alaskan: 1%
Asian: 1%
Mixed: 3%
YWCA Aquatics Programs 3
Common Referral Sources
Neighbor, friend or colleague
Flyers, advertisements or newsletters
Hospitals, health centers and/or clinics
Other YWCA programs
Community-based organizations and schools
Funding
YWCAs report receiving more than $9 million annually to fund aquatics programs, as follows:
79%: Fees for service
7%: YWCA fundraising efforts and events
14%: United Way or similar organizations, corporations, foundations, government and other nonprofits
Evaluation
70% of YWCAs providing aquatic services report that they formally evaluate swim instruction
outcomes. A sampling of achievements among those served includes:
85% of the children enrolled in the YWCA’s Early Learning Center increased their swim ability
and learned basic water safety.
90% of participants who completed at least one block of swim instruction in Swim for Change
made progress. This program addresses drowning and fitness disparities affecting communities of
color. 91% of participants are people of color and 90% are from low income households.
35% of our learn-to-swim students continue with the YWCA for more than one year, refining
higher levels of stroke development and proficiency in all four basic swim strokes.
90% of Los Pececitos swim participants showed increases in: comfort in the water, swimming
skills and knowledge of swimming safety.
90% of the individuals in our swim programs improved at least one level each session.
Special Aquatics Curricula Employed
American Red Cross curriculums
Aqua ZUMBA!
Arthritis Foundation curriculum
Encore+ In-water component
Pi-Yo-Chi
Silver splash
SilverSneakers
Total Immersion Swimming
U.S. Masters Swimming
USA Swimming
U.S. Water Fitness Association Water Aerobic certification programs
YWCA Aquatics Programs 4
Site Specifics for the 45 YWCAs Providing Aquatics Programs
In-water Athletics…………………………………….. 5
In-water Exercise Programs………………………… 6-7
Lap Swims, Family Swims, Splash Parties ............ 8-9
Swim Lesson Programs…………………………...… 10-11
Lifesaving/Water Safety Instructor Training……….. 12
Parent and Child Activity Programs……………...… 13
Special Olympics…………………………………….. 14
Staffing for Off-site Aquatics Programs and
other Aquatics Programs……………………………. 15
YWCA Aquatics Programs 5
In-water Athletics
# of People Served: 4,298
# of YWCAs Providing Service: 25 12% of all YWCAs reporting
56% of YWCAs providing aquatics programs Where an area is blank, the data was not applicable or not available.
State YWCA Website
# served
Synchronized swimming
Swim teams
Other
in-pool athletics
Masters swimming
CT YWCA Greenwich www.ywcagreenwich.org
HI YWCA Hawaii Island www.ywcahawaiiisland.org
IA YWCA Burlington www.burlingtony.org 75
IA YWCA Marshalltown www.ymca-ywca.org 12 232 9
IL YWCA Evanston/North Shore www.ywca.org/evanston 670 20 40
MA YWCA Central Massachusetts www.ywcaworcester.org 52 10 200
MA YWCA Greater Lawrence www.ywcalawrence.org 28 110
MA YWCA Greater Newburyport www.ywcanewburyport.org
ME YWCA Central Maine www.ywcamaine.org 36
MN YWCA Minneapolis www.ywcampls.org 325 55 220
MN YWCA St. Paul www.ywcaofstpaul.org 640 255
NC YWCA Asheville and Western North Carolina www.ywca.org/asheville 20
NC YWCA Central Carolinas www.ywcacentralcarolinas.org 74 51
NC YWCA High Point www.ywcahp.com 125
NC YWCA Lower Cape Fear www.ywca.org/lowercapefear
NJ YWCA Central New Jersey www.ywcacnj.org
NY YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester www.ywcawhiteplains.org 7 154
OK YWCA Tulsa www.ywcatulsa.org 270
PA YWCA Gettysburg & Adams County www.ywcagettysburg.org 6 124 8
PA YWCA Greater Johnstown www.ywca.org/southhamptonroads 15
PA YWCA Hazleton www.hazletonymcaywca.org 155 158 12
PA YWCA York www.ywcayork.org 33
TX YWCA Corpus Christi www.ywca.org/corpuschristi
TX YWCA El Paso Del Norte Region www.ywcaelpaso.org
WI YWCA La Crosse www.ywca.org/lacrosse 97
YWCA Aquatics Programs 6
In-water Exercise Programs
# of People Served: 104,858
# of YWCAs Providing Service: 42 20% of all YWCAs reporting
93% of YWCAs providing aquatics programs Where an area is blank, the data was not applicable or not available.
State YWCA Website # Served
CT YWCA Greenwich www.ywcagreenwich.org
HI YWCA Hawaii Island www.ywcahawaiiisland.org
HI YWCA O'ahu www.ywca.org/oahu
IA YWCA Black Hawk County www.ywcabhc.org 230
IA YWCA Burlington www.burlingtony.org 3614
IA YWCA Clinton www.ywca.org/clinton 29690
IA YWCA Marshalltown www.ymca-ywca.org 220
IL YWCA Evanston/North Shore www.ywca.org/evanston 30
IL YWCA Pekin www.ywca.org/pekin 262
IL YWCA Quad Cities www.qcywca.org 50
IN YWCA Muncie www.muncieywca.org
IN YWCA Northwest Indiana www.ywca.org/site/pp.asp?c=8eICLNMCG&b=61249
LA YWCA Alexandria-Pineville www.ywcaalex.org 40
MA YWCA Central Massachusetts www.ywcaworcester.org 100
MA YWCA Greater Lawrence www.ywcalawrence.org 56
MA YWCA Greater Newburyport www.ywcanewburyport.org
ME YWCA Central Maine www.ywcamaine.org 326
MN YWCA Minneapolis www.ywcampls.org 9000
MN YWCA St. Paul www.ywcaofstpaul.org 9130
MO YWCA St. Joseph www.ywcasj.org 201
NC YWCA Asheville and Western North Carolina www.ywca.org/asheville 150
NC YWCA Central Carolinas www.ywcacentralcarolinas.org
NC YWCA High Point www.ywcahp.com 200
NC YWCA Lower Cape Fear www.ywca.org/lowercapefear
NJ YWCA Central New Jersey www.ywcacnj.org
NJ YWCA Princeton www.ywcaprinceton.org 88
NY YWCA Elmira & Twin Tiers www.ywcaelmira.org 1000
NY YWCA Schenectady / NorthEastern New York www.ywca-schenectady.org 300
NY YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester www.ywcawhiteplains.org 33
OH YWCA Greater Cincinnati www.ywca.org/cincinnati 310
OH YWCA Van Wert www.ywca.org/site/lookup.asp?c=euLTI7OXH&b=63748 75
OK YWCA Tulsa www.ywcatulsa.org 29536
PA YWCA Gettysburg & Adams County www.ywcagettysburg.org 100
PA YWCA Greater Johnstown www.ywca.org/southhamptonroads 39
PA YWCA Hazleton www.hazletonymcaywca.org 86
PA YWCA York www.ywcayork.org 75
YWCA Aquatics Programs 7
In-water Exercise Programs, continued
State YWCA Website # Served
TN YWCA Knoxville www.ywcaknox.com
TX YWCA Corpus Christi www.ywca.org/corpuschristi 18400
TX YWCA El Paso Del Norte Region www.ywcaelpaso.org 312
TX YWCA San Antonio www.ywca.org/sanantonio 150
WI YWCA Green Bay-DePere www.ywcagreenbay.org 1000
WV YWCA Charleston www.ywcachaswv.org 55
YWCA Aquatics Programs 8
Lap swims, Family Swims, Splash Parties
# of People Served: 311,219
# of YWCAs Providing Service: 43 21% of all YWCAs reporting
96% of YWCAs providing aquatics programs Where an area is blank, the data was not applicable or not available.
State YWCA Website # Served
CA YWCA Glendale www.glendaleywca.org 360
CT YWCA Greenwich www.ywcagreenwich.org
HI YWCA Hawaii Island www.ywcahawaiiisland.org
HI YWCA O'ahu www.ywca.org/oahu 337
IA YWCA Black Hawk County www.ywcabhc.org 25
IA YWCA Burlington www.burlingtony.org 17226
IA YWCA Clinton www.ywca.org/clinton 35078
IA YWCA Marshalltown www.ymca-ywca.org 300
IL YWCA Evanston/North Shore www.ywca.org/evanston 80
IL YWCA Pekin www.ywca.org/pekin 720
IL YWCA Quad Cities www.qcywca.org 25
IN YWCA Muncie www.muncieywca.org
IN YWCA Northwest Indiana www.ywca.org/site/pp.asp?c=8eICLNMCG&b=61249
LA YWCA Alexandria-Pineville www.ywcaalex.org 200
MA YWCA Central Massachusetts www.ywcaworcester.org 1316
MA YWCA Greater Lawrence www.ywcalawrence.org 1015
MA YWCA Greater Newburyport www.ywcanewburyport.org
ME YWCA Central Maine www.ywcamaine.org 469
MN YWCA Minneapolis www.ywcampls.org 164000
MN YWCA St. Paul www.ywcaofstpaul.org
MO YWCA St. Joseph www.ywcasj.org 960
NC
YWCA Asheville and Western North
Carolina www.ywca.org/asheville 790
NC YWCA Central Carolinas www.ywcacentralcarolinas.org
NC YWCA High Point www.ywcahp.com 800
NC YWCA Lower Cape Fear www.ywca.org/lowercapefear
NJ YWCA Princeton www.ywcaprinceton.org 387
NY YWCA Elmira & Twin Tiers www.ywcaelmira.org 20000
NY
YWCA Schenectady / NorthEastern New
York www.ywca-schenectady.org 8000
NY YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester www.ywcawhiteplains.org 376
OH YWCA Greater Cincinnati www.ywca.org/cincinnati 7675
OH YWCA Van Wert www.ywca.org/site/lookup.asp?c=euLTI7OXH&b=63748 300
OK YWCA Tulsa www.ywcatulsa.org 18576
PA YWCA Gettysburg & Adams County www.ywcagettysburg.org 1000
PA YWCA Greater Johnstown www.ywca.org/southhamptonroads 200
PA YWCA Hazleton www.hazletonymcaywca.org 24157
YWCA Aquatics Programs 9
Lap Swims, Family Swims, Splash Parties, continued
State YWCA Website # Served
PA YWCA York www.ywcayork.org 200
NJ YWCA Central New Jersey www.ywcacnj.org
TN YWCA Knoxville www.ywcaknox.com
TX YWCA Corpus Christi www.ywca.org/corpuschristi 3988
TX YWCA El Paso Del Norte Region www.ywcaelpaso.org 1836
TX YWCA San Antonio www.ywca.org/sanantonio 200
WI YWCA Green Bay-DePere www.ywcagreenbay.org 500
WV YWCA Charleston www.ywcachaswv.org 123
YWCA Aquatics Programs 10
Swim Lesson Programs
# of People Served: 29,081
# of YWCAs Providing Service: 41 20% of all YWCAs reporting
91% of YWCAs providing aquatics programs Where an area is blank, the data was not applicable or not available.
State YWCA Website # Served
CT YWCA Greenwich www.ywcagreenwich.org
HI YWCA Hawaii Island www.ywcahawaiiisland.org
HI YWCA O'ahu www.ywca.org/oahu 684
IA YWCA Black Hawk County www.ywcabhc.org 566
IA YWCA Burlington www.burlingtony.org 3731
IA YWCA Clinton www.ywca.org/clinton 1181
IA YWCA Marshalltown www.ymca-ywca.org 1163
IL YWCA Evanston/North Shore www.ywca.org/evanston 1500
IL YWCA Pekin www.ywca.org/pekin 378
IL YWCA Quad Cities www.qcywca.org 50
IN YWCA Northwest Indiana www.ywca.org/site/pp.asp?c=8eICLNMCG&b=61249
LA YWCA Alexandria-Pineville www.ywcaalex.org 119
MA YWCA Central Massachusetts www.ywcaworcester.org 387
MA YWCA Greater Lawrence www.ywcalawrence.org 336
MA YWCA Greater Newburyport www.ywcanewburyport.org 1785
ME YWCA Central Maine www.ywcamaine.org 1200
MN YWCA Minneapolis www.ywcampls.org 3021
MN YWCA St. Paul www.ywcaofstpaul.org 1601
MO YWCA St. Joseph www.ywcasj.org 56
NC YWCA Asheville and Western North Carolina www.ywca.org/asheville 1051
NC YWCA Central Carolinas www.ywcacentralcarolinas.org 278
NC YWCA High Point www.ywcahp.com 150
NC YWCA Lower Cape Fear www.ywca.org/lowercapefear
NJ YWCA Central New Jersey www.ywcacnj.org 75
NJ YWCA Princeton www.ywcaprinceton.org 1089
NY YWCA Elmira & Twin Tiers www.ywcaelmira.org 2000
NY YWCA Niagara www.ywcaniagara.org
NY
YWCA Schenectady / NorthEastern New
York www.ywca-schenectady.org 300
NY YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester www.ywcawhiteplains.org 1410
OH YWCA Van Wert www.ywca.org/site/lookup.asp?c=euLTI7OXH&b=63748 400
OK YWCA Tulsa www.ywcatulsa.org 277
PA YWCA Gettysburg & Adams County www.ywcagettysburg.org 300
PA YWCA Greater Johnstown www.ywca.org/southhamptonroads 200
PA YWCA Hazleton www.hazletonymcaywca.org 484
PA YWCA York www.ywcayork.org 347
YWCA Aquatics Programs 11
Swim Lesson Programs, continued
State YWCA Website # Served
TN YWCA Knoxville www.ywcaknox.com
TX YWCA Corpus Christi www.ywca.org/corpuschristi 140
TX YWCA El Paso Del Norte Region www.ywcaelpaso.org 1102
TX YWCA San Antonio www.ywca.org/sanantonio 75
WI YWCA Green Bay-DePere www.ywcagreenbay.org 1645
WI YWCA La Crosse www.ywca.org/lacrosse
YWCA Aquatics Programs 12
Lifesaving/Water Safety Instructor Training
# of People Served: 1,130
# of YWCAs Providing Service: 27 13% of all YWCAs reporting
60% of YWCAs providing aquatics programs Where an area is blank, the data was not applicable or not available.
State YWCA Website # Served
HI YWCA O'ahu www.ywca.org/oahu 124
IA YWCA Black Hawk County www.ywcabhc.org 12
IA YWCA Burlington www.burlingtony.org 106
IA YWCA Clinton www.ywca.org/clinton 30
IA YWCA Marshalltown www.ymca-ywca.org 120
IL YWCA Evanston/North Shore www.ywca.org/evanston 40
IL YWCA Pekin www.ywca.org/pekin 34
MA YWCA Central Massachusetts www.ywcaworcester.org 28
MA YWCA Greater Lawrence www.ywcalawrence.org 81
MA YWCA Greater Newburyport www.ywcanewburyport.org
ME YWCA Central Maine www.ywcamaine.org 100
MN YWCA Minneapolis www.ywcampls.org 38
MN YWCA St. Paul www.ywcaofstpaul.org
MO YWCA St. Joseph www.ywcasj.org 8
NC YWCA Asheville and Western North Carolina www.ywca.org/asheville 44
NC YWCA High Point www.ywcahp.com 75
NC YWCA Lower Cape Fear www.ywca.org/lowercapefear
NJ YWCA Princeton www.ywcaprinceton.org 26
NY YWCA Elmira & Twin Tiers www.ywcaelmira.org
NY YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester www.ywcawhiteplains.org 95
OK YWCA Tulsa www.ywcatulsa.org 36
PA YWCA Gettysburg & Adams County www.ywcagettysburg.org 60
PA YWCA Greater Johnstown www.ywca.org/southhamptonroads 30
PA YWCA Hazleton www.hazletonymcaywca.org 11
TX YWCA Corpus Christi www.ywca.org/corpuschristi 12
TX YWCA El Paso Del Norte Region www.ywcaelpaso.org
WI YWCA Green Bay-DePere www.ywcagreenbay.org 20
YWCA Aquatics Programs 13
Parent and Child Activity Programs
# of People Served: 3,920
# of YWCAs Providing Service: 29 14% of all YWCAs reporting
64% of YWCAs providing aquatics programs Where an area is blank, the data was not applicable or not available.
State YWCA Website # Served
CT YWCA Greenwich www.ywcagreenwich.org
HI YWCA Hawaii Island www.ywcahawaiiisland.org
IA YWCA Black Hawk County www.ywcabhc.org 105
IA YWCA Clinton www.ywca.org/clinton
IA YWCA Marshalltown www.ymca-ywca.org 35
IL YWCA Evanston/North Shore www.ywca.org/evanston 40
IN YWCA Northwest Indiana www.ywca.org/site/pp.asp?c=8eICLNMCG&b=61249
MA YWCA Central Massachusetts www.ywcaworcester.org 281
MA YWCA Greater Lawrence www.ywcalawrence.org 180
MA YWCA Greater Newburyport www.ywcanewburyport.org
ME YWCA Central Maine www.ywcamaine.org 246
MN YWCA Minneapolis www.ywcampls.org 50
MN YWCA St. Paul www.ywcaofstpaul.org
NC YWCA Central Carolinas www.ywcacentralcarolinas.org 38
NC YWCA High Point www.ywcahp.com 400
NC YWCA Lower Cape Fear www.ywca.org/lowercapefear
NJ YWCA Central New Jersey www.ywcacnj.org
NJ YWCA Princeton www.ywcaprinceton.org 145
NY YWCA Elmira & Twin Tiers www.ywcaelmira.org 1000
NY YWCA Schenectady / NorthEastern New York www.ywca-schenectady.org 50
NY YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester www.ywcawhiteplains.org 23
OH YWCA Van Wert www.ywca.org/site/lookup.asp?c=euLTI7OXH&b=63748 50
OK YWCA Tulsa www.ywcatulsa.org
PA YWCA Gettysburg & Adams County www.ywcagettysburg.org 25
PA YWCA Greater Johnstown www.ywca.org/southhamptonroads 100
PA YWCA Hazleton www.hazletonymcaywca.org 274
PA YWCA York www.ywcayork.org
TX YWCA El Paso Del Norte Region www.ywcaelpaso.org 803
WI YWCA Green Bay-DePere www.ywcagreenbay.org 75
YWCA Aquatics Programs 14
Special Olympics
# of People Served: 866
# of YWCAs Providing Service: 9 4% of all YWCAs reporting
20% of YWCAs providing aquatics programs Where an area is blank, the data was not applicable or not available.
State YWCA Website # Served
HI YWCA O'ahu www.ywca.org/oahu 24
IA YWCA Clinton www.ywca.org/clinton 600
IL YWCA Pekin www.ywca.org/pekin 25
ME YWCA Central Maine www.ywcamaine.org 127
NC YWCA High Point www.ywcahp.com 45
NC YWCA Lower Cape Fear www.ywca.org/lowercapefear
NY YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester www.ywcawhiteplains.org
PA YWCA Gettysburg & Adams County www.ywcagettysburg.org 40
PA YWCA Hazleton www.hazletonymcaywca.org 5
YWCA Aquatics Programs 15
Staffing for Off-site Aquatics Programs and Other Aquatics Programs
# of People Served: 25,288
# of YWCAs Providing Service: 24 12% of all YWCAs reporting
53% of YWCAs providing aquatics programs Where an area is blank, the data was not applicable or not available.
State YWCA Website
# served
Staffing for off-site aquatics
programs Other*
CA
YWCA Contra Costa
County/Sacramento www.ywcaccc.org 15
CT YWCA Greenwich www.ywcagreenwich.org
IA YWCA Black Hawk County www.ywcabhc.org 274
IA YWCA Burlington www.burlingtony.org
IA YWCA Clinton www.ywca.org/clinton 50
IA YWCA Marshalltown www.ymca-ywca.org 42
IL YWCA Evanston/North Shore www.ywca.org/evanston 6 200
MA YWCA Central Massachusetts www.ywcaworcester.org
MA YWCA Greater Lawrence www.ywcalawrence.org 3
MA YWCA Greater Newburyport www.ywcanewburyport.org
ME YWCA Central Maine www.ywcamaine.org 3 65
MN YWCA Minneapolis www.ywcampls.org 105
MN YWCA St. Paul www.ywcaofstpaul.org
NC
YWCA Asheville and Western North
Carolina www.ywca.org/asheville
NC YWCA Central Carolinas www.ywcacentralcarolinas.org
NC YWCA Lower Cape Fear www.ywca.org/lowercapefear
NJ YWCA Princeton www.ywcaprinceton.org 30 73
NY YWCA Elmira & Twin Tiers www.ywcaelmira.org 24000
NY YWCA Schenectady / NorthEastern New York www.ywca-schenectady.org 5
NY YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester www.ywcawhiteplains.org 113
OK YWCA Tulsa www.ywcatulsa.org 144
PA YWCA Gettysburg & Adams County www.ywcagettysburg.org 4 150
PA YWCA Hazleton www.hazletonymcaywca.org 6
WI YWCA La Crosse www.ywca.org/lacrosse
*Other Includes: Private lessons for other community organizations and private schools, scuba certification, kayaking, specialty pre and post natal aquatics, tri-athlon swim training, and Pi-Yo-Chi (in-water Pilates)