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1111��Iq q pq I Successfully continuing a tutoring enrichment program for 30 elementary school kids while being required to move out of a long-term location that included a full classroom, storage, and convenient location with very short notice; moving into an already -compacted Community Center; and finally, expanding a new partnership and moving to yet another new location with new requirements for COVID vaccinations, weekly testing, limited staffing availability, and limited volunteer support, as well as less space. Expanding the amount of afterschool classes offered by Conejo while working within the new requirements of staff and contractors in afterschool programs on -campus, which requires constant communication and active follow-up weekly. Continuing to offer some programming in spite of the challenging space constraints and distancing requirements which moved programming around. Ultimately our Center could not accommodate all of the programming. Providing a Memorial Day concert within gathering restrictions that required a whole new process be created and staff implementing and enforcing individual boxes outlined on the grass in advance, ticket sales, mask mandates, barriers created, and a sold -out situation that didn't allow the public to walk through the park or into the concert as they were used to. Kids lacking the social -emotional skills that we typically see, and the behaviors and incidents that arose as a result. The staff did a great job infusing social -emotional learning in all of our summer camps with a lot of training and continuous help from our Therapeutics Unit. Providing a summer camp without being able to recruit and maintain required staffing levels, compounded by regular unexpected absences due to the required response of potential COVID symptoms for colds, headaches, etc. 0 Not having staff to provide Outdoor Unit programs. 0 Keeping on top of current regulations and communication of those changes. 0 Staffing and staffing shortages. Conflict with the public regarding regulations and supporting staff in their enforcement of those regulations. The retention of quality well trained staff. We did lose a few staff over the time when no work was available. This was of course understandable. We were lucky to bring back a few staff members that continue with us today. The hiring of new qualified staff has been quite the challenge. Recruiting enrolled participation in programming was a challenge. The community was responding to the pandemic in a variety of ways, and finding the elusive balance of necessary modifications to satisfy the community required constant scrutiny and flexibility.