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Digital Accessibility for Parks & Recreation Agencies

Help every resident take part in what your community offers. ClearPath Access helps parks and recreation agencies improve accessibility across websites, registration forms, and seasonal program guides while addressing applicable ADA and WCAG requirements. Give residents, families, and caregivers a clearer path to discover programs, reserve facilities, and complete registration.
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Make Participation Easier.
From the First Click.

A resident finds the right camp. A parent completes registration. A community member reserves a facility. Your digital services should help each person take the next step.

ClearPath Access helps parks and recreation agencies find and fix barriers in websites, forms, documents, and media. We connect accessibility work to the tasks your community relies on, with priorities your staff and technology partners can act on.

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The Program Is Open. Can Everyone Get Through Registration?

Accessibility problems can interrupt participation long before someone arrives at a park. Start with the digital steps that connect residents to your programs.
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Program Discovery

Can someone using a screen reader or keyboard find schedules, compare age groups, understand fees, and locate program requirements?

Registration and Reservations

Can residents move through date selectors, required fields, error messages, waivers, and checkout without getting stuck?

Seasonal Guides and Forms

Can readers navigate the activity guide in a meaningful order, understand its tables, and complete the forms needed to participate?

Community Updates

Can people access closure notices, meeting materials, instructional videos, and announcements in the formats your agency shares?
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Support That
Fits Your Agency’s Team

Build the scope around your website, documents, publishing schedule, and available staff.

Have Us Handle the Website Fixes

Managed Website Remediation combines assessment, prioritized repairs, verification, and documentation when your staff needs a dedicated remediation team.

Give Your Developers a Clear Path

Collaborative Website Remediation gives your team findings, guidance, and verification while they carry out the website changes.

Prepare the Next Program Guide

Document Remediation addresses PDFs and digital forms, including the structure and reading order that help people use your information.

Support Accessible Outreach

Make program videos and community updates easier to access. Video & Audio Remediation provides captions, transcripts, and audio description where needed.

Build and Maintain an Accessible Website

Plan for accessibility through redesigns and everyday updates. Explore Accessible Website Design when a rebuild makes sense, or Website Monitoring & Maintenance to support your existing site as it evolves.

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Which Accessibility Requirements Apply to an SRA?

DOJ’s web and mobile app rule sets WCAG 2.1 Level AA for covered public entities. Current technical compliance dates are:

  • April 26, 2027: public entities serving populations of 50,000 or more, except special district governments.
  • April 26, 2028: smaller public entities and all special district governments.

A municipal department generally follows its parent government’s population. Confirm your entity classification; existing accessibility duties continue before these dates.

Source: DOJ web accessibility rule fact sheet. Requirements checked November 11, 2026.

Review federal coverage and additional requirements by state and industry.

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A Practical Plan Before the Next Busy Season

  • Map the important tasks. Identify registration dates, essential guides, your website platform, and the systems controlled by vendors.
  • Find and prioritize barriers. Assess the agreed pages and workflows, using manual evaluation alongside automated checks. Set priorities around the effect on participation.
  • Repair and verify. Assign work to ClearPath Access, your developers, or the relevant vendor. Verify completed changes within the agreed scope and record unresolved dependencies.
  • Keep a usable record. Document findings, remediation, and verification. Plan for new guides, seasonal content, and changes to registration systems.

Questions Parks and Recreation Teams Ask

Can We Keep Our Current Website and Development Team?
Yes. Remediation can address an existing site. Collaborative support is an option when your developers can carry out fixes; managed support fits teams that need more hands-on help. The assessment helps establish whether repair or a rebuild makes sense.
What If Our Registration Platform Belongs to a Vendor?

Include that system in the scoping conversation. Agree which workflows can be evaluated and who controls each repair. Vendor ownership does not automatically exempt a public entity’s digital services. DOJ explains public entities’ responsibilities when working with vendors.

Should We Begin With the Website or the Seasonal PDF Guide?

Prioritize the materials and steps people need for upcoming programs. A website repair will not resolve a separate PDF barrier, and an accessible guide will not fix an inaccessible registration form. Scope them together when they form one participation journey.

How Much Will the Work Cost, and How Long Will It Take?

The number and complexity of pages, documents, workflows, and vendor dependencies affect the project. Bring your next registration date and an outline of your systems so the consultation can focus on a realistic scope. Explore accessibility cost and timing considerations.

Give Your Next Registration Season a Clearer Path

Tell us about your website, registration platform, seasonal guides, and upcoming milestones. We’ll discuss where accessibility work can make the most practical difference for your community.

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