National Capital Area Council
| National Capital Area Council | |||
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| Headquarters | Bethesda, Maryland | ||
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| Country | United States | ||
| Coordinates | 39°00′26″N 77°05′53″W / 39.007331°N 77.097976°W | ||
| Founded | 1911 | ||
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| President | Morgan Sullivan | ||
| Council Commissioner | Julia Mae-Shen Lesko | ||
| Scout Executive | Mario Perez | ||
| Affiliation | Scouting America | ||
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| Website ncacbsa | |||
The National Capital Area Council (NCAC) is a local council of the Scouting America within the Northeast Region that serves the Washington metropolitan area, including Washington, D.C., portions of Maryland and Virginia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The council offers extensive training, and administrative support to units. It is rated as a "Class 100" council by the National Council (headquarters office), which denotes that the NCAC is among the very largest in the country. Chartered in 1911, it is also one of the oldest. The council is divided into 21 districts serving ten counties in Northern Virginia, six counties in Maryland, the District of Columbia, the US Virgin Islands, and BSA units throughout the Americas. The council has a 5 to 2 ratio of youth members to adult leaders, which is among the highest of all the councils. The youth retention rate is currently 70% which was affected by COVID-19.