Editing Scouting in Virginia (section)

===National Capital Area Council===
[[File:Gateway from National Capital Area Council at the 1993 National Scout Jamboree.jpg|thumb|right|Council gateway during the [[1993 National Scout Jamboree]] held at [[Fort A.P. Hill]]]]
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The '''National Capital Area Council''' (NCAC) within the [[Northeast Region (Boy Scouts of America)|Northeast Region]] that serves Scouts in the [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Maryland]], [[Virginia]], and the [[United States Virgin Islands]].<ref name="scout-wire1">{{Cite web |date=2013-03-21 |title=Virgin Islands Council now part of National Capital Area Council |url=http://scout-wire.org/2013/03/21/virgin-islands-council-now-part-of-national-capital-area-council/ |access-date=2014-01-21 |publisher=Scout Wire}}</ref> The council offers extensive training, and administrative support to units.<ref name="Strategic Plan">{{Cite news |last=Wood |first=Bob |date=August 2015 |title=NCAC 5 Year Strategic Plan |publisher=National Capital Area Council |url=http://www.ncacbsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Truncated_NationalCapitalAre.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506042941/http://www.ncacbsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Truncated_NationalCapitalAre.pdf |archive-date=2016-05-06 |url-status=live |access-date=20 February 2017}}</ref> 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 23 districts serving ten counties in Northern Virginia, six counties in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the US Virgin Islands. The council has a 2.5 to 1 ratio of youth members to adult leaders, which is among the highest of all the councils.  The youth retention rate approaches 80%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2013 Annual Report by National Capital Area Council |date=27 January 2014 |url=http://issuu.com/ncacbsa/docs/ncac_annual_report_2013}}</ref>