The long range goal of the Department "Raise the Bar" Youth Sports Program is to achieve equity for girls in youth sports, increasing the level of girls, female coaches, female staff, female volunteers, female officials and female mentors.  Short range goals for the increased representation of girls in youth sports will be set annually.

  Youth Sports Program goals shall be considered as flexible targets and not as rigid standards.  They will reflect results the Recreation and Parks Department has determined can reasonably be achieved.  Quantitative goals and timetables will not be considered as quotas which restrict program development by setting a minimum required number of female participants.  While the goals are directed toward a particular group, the Department's objective is to ensure that equity is afforded to all participants in our youth sports program.

  In the establishment of goals and timetables, projected expansion and contraction of participation levels will be considered.