VERIFICATION / METHOD V2

Program verification, not certification

Verification status summarizes what kind of confirmation has occurred. Field provenance explains how each fact is known. Evidence strength describes the support behind a claim. None substitutes for the others.

STATUS / 01

Five Program statuses

UNVERIFIED
Information not yet verified
Source confirmation is limited or insufficient. Unknowns remain explicit.
IDENTITY-CONFIRMED
Program identity confirmed
Program and operator identity have been confirmed. This does not mean every Program detail has been reviewed.
OPERATOR-CONFIRMED
Operator confirmed
An authorized operator representative has reviewed or submitted Program information. Individual fields retain operator attribution.
EDITORIALLY-REVIEWED
Editorially reviewed
SUMMERCAMP has reviewed important facts and supporting sources. Specific fields may still be unknown or operator stated.
FIELD-REVIEWED
Field review completed
Used only after a defined SUMMERCAMP Field Review protocol has actually been completed, with date, scope and limitations published.
EVIDENCE / 02

Evidence strength remains separate

UNKNOWN
There is not enough evidence to characterize the claim.
DESCRIPTIVE
Material describes an intention or practice but does not prove an outcome.
FIELD-OBSERVATION
A first-hand observation recorded within a stated time and scope.
REPEATED-FIELD-EVIDENCE
Repeated field records across more than one time or context.
RESEARCH-SUPPORTED
Relevant research supports a limited, explicitly stated claim.
01

Field-level

Age may be operator stated, dates source confirmed and physical demand editorially classified. One summary status never erases those distinctions.

02

Field Review

Field-reviewed status is not used until a formal protocol, completion date, observation scope and limitations exist. First-hand records may remain field-observation evidence.

03

No guarantee

A status does not rate a Program as safe, best or suitable for every family, and does not guarantee future operations or participant outcomes.