Editing Scouting America (section)

===Main programs===
[[File:Kia Kima Cope Course.jpg|thumb|A [[Venturing (Boy Scouts of America)|Venturer]] traverses a [[COPE (BSA)|COPE]] High Ropes course.]]
Scouting America uses four primary programs to achieve its aims in Scouting:
* [[Cub Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)|Cub Scouting]] is available to children from kindergarten through fifth grade.
* [[Scouts BSA]] (formerly Boy Scouts) is the [[wikt:flagship|flagship]] program of Scouting America for youth ages 11 to 18; 10-year-olds can join after March 1 of their fifth grade year or if they have earned the [[Arrow of Light]] award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How old (or young) can a youth be to join Scouting? |url=https://www.scouting.org/about/faq/question1/ |access-date=2022-04-29 |website=Boy Scouts of America |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Venturing]] is the program for ages 14 to 21.{{r|bsa524406a}}
* [[Sea Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)|Sea Scouting]] is the program for ages 14 to 21 focused on nautical activities.{{r|bsaseascouting}}

There are about 100,000 physically or mentally disabled Scouts throughout the United States. Anyone certified as disabled "may enroll in Scouting and remain in its program beyond the regulation age limits. This provision allows all members to advance in Scouting as far as they wish."{{r|grolier}}