Everyone swims seattle

She and other stakeholders — in particular, Neighborhood House, a community organization that had a grant to provide single-gender swims — worked to cultivate local champions and mobilize community members around the effort.

The city ultimately agreed to a new policy to offer women- and men-only swims at four public pools. Everybody into the Pool. Could the city host special swim hours to serve these residents?

Legal concerns Since the pools are public facilities, the single-gender swim proposal raised a number of legal concerns for ChangeLab Solutions to investigate.

Making it happen The information and ideas ChangeLab Solutions provided helped Tizzy and her colleagues build a case for gender-specific swim hours. Get policy solutions and helpful updates delivered to your inbox: Email Address. First Name. Last Name. Focus groups exposed four big barriers to learning to swim that became the touchstones and policy goals for Everyone Swims:.

Everyone Swims was developed with eight clinic partners with a total of 27 sites and nine water organization partners with 28 pools, nine beaches and two rowing houses in Seattle and south King County including OBCC and Seattle Parks and Recreation, which runs Medgar Evers Pool.

The group worked collectively to develop policy change tools and strategies. Clinic and swim partners can tailor these tools to meet the unique needs of the populations they serve. The model is generating interest far beyond Seattle and is now being disseminated nationally. No more fear: "My favorite sports are swimming and basketball," says 9-year-old Shaliyah Jones.

Ask Shaliyah if she likes to swim and she shakes her head. Financial assistance for medically necessary services is based on family income and hospital resources and is provided to children under age 21 whose primary residence is in Washington, Alaska, Montana or Idaho. For more information, see Website Privacy.

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