Boy Scouts of America® Northeast Georgia Council

National Youth Leadership Training

NYLT 2025 PREPARATIONS ARE IN FULL SWING!

2025 NYLT courses in the Northeast Georgia Council will take place on the following weeks:

• Week One:  May 24 to May 31, 2025
  Course Director -  Melissa Davis

• Week Two:  June 1 to June 7, 2025
  Course Director -  Sean Barron
   

QUESTIONS?  Reach out to NYLTNEGA@GMAIL.COM

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BEEN A PARTICIPANT AND CAN'T WAIT TO STAFF NYLT?

If you are ready to take your first steps, change some lives, have some fun and staff what has the potential to be the best and most fun NYLT course in human history, your journey starts by filling out your staff application. So head on over to the council website and grab your staff application here:

STAFF APPLICATION

You will need to fill out your staff application, scan, print and email it to nyltnega@gmail.com
 

SO WHAT IS NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING (NYLT)?

The National Youth Leadership Training Program (NYLT) is Scouting's premier youth leadership development program. It is offered in Councils throughout the country. NYLT is an intensive, fun, hands-on, & challenging six-day program that combines outdoor adventure & classroom instruction to provide Scouts with experience & tools for becoming great leaders. NYLT focuses on the concepts of what a leader must BE, what a leader must KNOW, & what a leader must DO. Participants learn & develop skills such as:

• Communication 
• Problem Solving 
• Presentation Making
• Team Development
• Working with Adult leaders & Youth in Administrative Areas
• Ethical Decision-Making

These skills learned at NYLT will benefit Scouts not only as youth leaders but in other aspects of their life.

As part of the NYLT course, Scouts are formed into patrols, then work & camp together at Scoutland for the week. Under the guidance of highly skilled youth staff, participants take part in indoor & outdoor challenges to develop & demonstrate their growing abilities. Activities including geo-caching, pioneering, role-playing, games, patrol competitions, overnight backpacking, & camping are all integrated into the course syllabus to help practice these skills, which come alive as each participant goes on their quest in the meaning of leadership. NYLT participants are asked to commit to applying the leadership skills learned in the context of their own unit, going forward from NYLT.

How Much Does NYLT Cost?

Early Bird Course Fee* - by April 14th:

• $295 for participants in Northeast Georgia Council
• $315 for partiicpants outside of Council

Regular Course Fee* - due by May 12th:

• $325 for participants in Northeast Georgia Council
• $335 for partiicpants outside of Council

*$50 NON-Refundable deposit due at time of registration. Balance for all participants due on or before May 12th. CAMP FEES ARE TRANSFERABLE-BUT NOT REFUNDABLE. If you have to cancel or change your mind a credit can be applied upon approval to your account. That credit can be used towards your next scouting event before the end of the year. 

Who Should Attend NYLT?

NYLT is a training course, so participants should be mature enough that they can benefit from taking part and can serve in a meaningful leadership role in their unit after participating.

I will be turning 13 right after the course; can I attend anyway?
No, we are following stated national standards that all participants must be 13 or older on the first day of the course, and you will get more out of it by being a bit older. So, we will not be able to make age exceptions.

Can Venturers Attend NYLT?
Yes! NYLT became considered “program neutral” and appropriate for members of Scout Troops, Venturing Crews, and Sea Scout Ships. Venturers should meet the same requirements in terms of camping experience, leadership potential, and maturity.  

Additionally, all Venturers 18 years old and above, may also attend Wood Badge.

Participants must:

• Be at least 13 years old
• Be at least First Class in rank (or, for Venturers, have an equivalent level of camping and outdoor skills)
• Have Scoutmaster/Crew Advisor approval
• Be willing to behave in accordance with the Scout Oath and Scout Law at NYLT
• Be prepared mentally, emotionally, and physically to handle six days of NYLT
• Be in attendance for the entire six-day period.

Participants should:

• Have taken part in at least 1 (ideally 2+) weeks of resident Scout camp
• Be a “credit” to their unit—dedicated, conscientious, and responsible
• Be serving in, or about to serve in, a significant troop or crew leadership role
• Have good basic camping and outdoor skills
• Want to attend

Participants should NOT:

• Be those with significant homesickness issues or discipline problems
• Be Scouts who have never camped without a parent present

Participants who create problems for themselves or others by not following program rules, or by violations of law or of the Scout Oath or Scout Law, may be sent home at the discretion of the adult leadership. No refunds will be given in the event of an early dismissal from NYLT.

Preparing For NYLT

National Youth Leadership Training is special. It’s not a week of summer camp; it is not free time; it is not an opportunity to earn merit badges, and it is definitely not a vacation! It will challenge and reward you—but you must Be Prepared to be successful!

Any significant health or medical restrictions that require program modification or accommodation should be communicated to the adult NYLT staff well in advance for consideration.

NYLT assumes that all those attending have mastered basic camping skills. All participants should be familiar with the outdoor camping skills expected of a First Class Scout, including outdoor cooking, knot tying/lashing, campsite set-up, etc. Participants will camp as patrols/teams at designated sites at Scoutland. Participants must bring their own personal tent for sleeping during the week. The tent should be small enough to be backpacked a short distance during the Outpost Overnight Experience on Friday night, or a second smaller backpacking-style tent or hammock can be used during Outpost. Hammocks are not allowed any other time during the week.

Patrols will cook meals on Coleman stoves, with food and equipment provided by NYLT. Scouts with special dietary needs should communicate those well in advance to the NYLT staff so that accommodations can be made.

Participants will receive an NYLT hat and t-shirt, as well as an NYLT water bottle. Participants must have at least one complete and correct Scout BSA field uniform; limited laundry facilities will be available. Venturers must wear the complete and correct official Venturing uniform (green shirt and gray official shorts/pants) – even if your Venturing crew does not use that uniform, you must have it for NYLT.

What to Bring?

The NYLT packing list will be updated prior to each course.  The updated list will be online and will be sent to participants who are selected for the course. Please be sure you can carry all your own gear. Place your name on all belongings, and follow this list exactly.

Note: Scouts may not bring electronics such as cell phones, electronic games, laptops, etc. (Cameras are acceptable.) Participants will have limited access to communication and will not be able to call home etc. except in case of emergency via one of the adult staff. Parents or guardians will have the cell number of an adult leader they can call in an emergency.

Scouts are not permitted to bring junk food, extra snacks, weapons, fireworks, drugs/alcohol/tobacco, or any other unsafe, illegal, or unScoutlike things.

A current and complete BSA Annual Health and Medical Record, Parts A, B and C valid thru the end of the course, must be provided for each participant no later than check-in. If possible, provide a copy of this form when you send in your registration to the council.

Any significant health or medical restrictions that require program modification or accommodation must be communicated to the adult NYLT staff well in advance for consideration.