County Board pushes parks dept. to improve teen programming in response to opioid crisis

Arlington County Board members and Dept. of Parks and Recreation staff during a March 16, 2023 work session (via Arlington County)
Arlington County’s Dept. of Parks and Recreation says it has a surfeit of programs for teens — but not enough teens to fill them.
Between July 2021 and June 2022, DPR logged 6,350 visits to its teen programs, down from 46,500 visits during the same span of months across 2018 and 2019. The dramatic drop was caused by the cancellation of programs during the