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Find a youth camp on an official state list
1,975 youth camps from official state camp and child care licensing lists in Michigan, Connecticut, Texas, Ohio, Colorado and Virginia. Each listing shows the camp type, the city and ZIP code, and the license or state ID number when the state publishes one, with a link to check it yourself. BackPR makes registration and payment software for youth programs; we publish these lists free so families can find a camp and check its license.
States with camp listings
Why most states aren't listed
We list only camps that appear on an official state list we can reuse. Most states don't publish one. According to our state-by-state rules research, 13 of the 51 jurisdictions (the 50 states and DC) have no statewide camp license at all, and in 20 more only some types of camps need one. Some states license camps through county health departments, so there's no single state list, and some offer only a search page, such as Maryland's, which we haven't copied.
Each state's page below explains its camp rule, names the agency and links to its official sources.
How we collect the data
Texas publishes its youth camp roster as a file, and we load each new version.
Michigan posts its licensed camps only in an online search, so we copy the active camps from that search, taking care not to overload the state's site. Each listing links to the camp's official record.
Colorado, Connecticut, Ohio and Virginia include camps in the child care licensing data they publish. We use the same data in our program finder. We check these sources about once a day, but each state updates its data on its own schedule (see Sources).
Every listing names its source and the date of the data. We don't edit the state lists. Camps can also send us their details with our Add your camp form; a person reviews each one, and nothing from it is published automatically.
Looking for camp rules instead? See summer camp license requirements by state.
Camp not listed?
If you run a camp that isn't here, send us its details. It's free. A person at BackPR reviews every submission before anything is published, and not every camp gets listed.
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Sources
- Michigan Statewide Search for Children Camps (active camps), Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP), Camp Licensing. Updated November 12, 2026. Michigan state government public records; no license stated. Source page · File.
Michigan publishes no downloadable file, so we copy the active camps from the state's camp search, which the state says it updates daily. A camp can appear more than once, because the state also lists each site where a camp is licensed to run. - Texas Active Youth Camps Roster, Texas Department of State Health Services, Youth Camp Program. Updated November 6, 2026. Texas state government public information; no license stated. Source page · File.
DSHS posts the roster as a spreadsheet and updates it during the licensing season. Camps whose applications are still under review are not on it. - Connecticut child care and youth camp licensing, Connecticut Office of Early Childhood. Daily; rows updated October 20, 2026. Public Domain. Source data
- Ohio child care facilities (ODJFS child care search), Ohio Department of Job and Family Services via the Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program (OGRIP). Open programs; layer item modified January 20, 2026 (checked November 8, 2026). No license stated. Source data
- Colorado licensed child care facilities, Colorado Department of Early Childhood. Monthly; rows updated October 1, 2026. Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL). Source data
- Virginia licensed child day centers, Virginia Department of Education. Data provided June 2026. No open license; VDEM best-effort disclaimer. Source data