Jim Scott Community Center Youth and Teen Programs

Jim Scott Community Center Youth and Teen Programs include gym sports such as basketball, volleyball, and pickleball, intramural sports, and teen programming that uses spaces like the gymnasium, computer lab, craft rooms, and a kitchen. Participants can take part in spring, summer and winter camps, STEAM, technology and computer instruction, Lego Club, arts and crafts nights, art classes such as acrylic and watercolor painting, and craft classes. The programs also offer community days, cultural celebrations, special events like a July 4th Celebration, bimonthly family meals, recreational classes, educational workshops, field trips, and activities such as billiards, table tennis, cards, board games, bingo, gardening, and daily age-appropriate fitness classes including line dancing, yoga, strength training, and aerobics, along with daily lunch service and teen mentoring by positive role models.

• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Schedule: Teen program options Monday–Friday afternoons and early evenings, with additional school age child care and therapeutic recreation hours on weekdays
• Price: SACC provides a sliding fee scale to support families’ access to affordable childcare services.

Therapeutic Recreation Services states that it provides opportunities for children and adults with disabilities to develop the skills that enable them to participate in the recreation and leisure programs of their choice. The Sensory Room at the center offers one-on-one sessions, group sessions, and special themed programs that use lights, sounds, textures, touch pads, swings, and other interactive elements, and all Sensory Room programs and sessions are scheduled through the Inclusion Coordinator. The Sensory Room programs are led and/or supervised by a full-time Inclusion Coordinator who is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, and all Sensory Room appointments and inquiries are handled through the Jim Scott Community Center at 703-865-0520. Center staff provide programming and opportunities for youth to develop skills, explore creative thinking, and emphasize community building, and SACC staff work in partnership with families and collaborate with early childhood professionals, schools, and community partners to support child wellbeing. Therapeutic Recreation Services works in conjunction with regional services and alongside NCS Culture, Recreation, and Community Connections staff and the inclusion specialist to provide services and programs for individuals of all abilities. Leadership contacts include the Director, Youth & Family Programs (703-865-0527), Assistant Director of Youth & Family Programs (703-865-0528), Director, Adult and Senior Program (703-865-0529), Assistant Director, Adult and Senior Program (703-865-0532), and Inclusion Specialist (703-865-0534).

Last updated July 16, 2026.