Responsibilities and Initiatives
The Youth & Countywide Sports Division is comprised of sports programs, athletic field permitting, and health & wellness:
- Provides youth and adult sports leagues throughout the county
- Diversifies sports offerings across the county to include all collegiate scholarship sports
- Creates close partnerships between the county’s youth sports organizations, colleges and universities
- Creates and maintains a central database and website for all sports organizations, leagues and teams, including the Prince George’s County Boy & Girls Club
- Centralizes and streamlines scheduling of athletic facilities within the county
- Develops and implements health and wellness programs and initiatives that are culturally competent and diverse
- Promotes a healthy lifestyle for residents
- Connects residents to parks, through programs, initiatives, outreach events, etc.
- Manages the Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing Center and Prince George's Stadium
- Game On! initiative