Freestate one of five Challenge programs defunded, per National Guard order

An embattled Maryland National Guard camp for at-risk and troubled youth is set to close, a news release by the Maryland ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Arkansas National Guard’s Youth Challenge program discontinued over lack of staff

An Arkansas National Guard program that spent decades dedicated to helping at-risk youth change their lives for the better is being dissolved due to the "safety of the kids," a National Guard ...
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Louisiana Guard’s Youth Challenge Program Graduated 130 Cadets

PINEVILLE, La. – One hundred thirty cadets graduated from the Louisiana National Guard’s Youth Challenge Program Class 2025-1 Dec. 13 at the Randolph Riverfront Center in Alexandria, Louisiana. Family ...
USA Today

Challenge academy graduates 75 in latest class to help at-risk teens

The Keystone State ChalleNGe Academy recently graduated its largest class of 75 cadets. This program offers at-risk teens a 22-week residential course to build discipline and obtain their basic ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Youth Challenge program shutdown has not had major impact, Division of Youth Services director says

The shutdown of the Arkansas National Guard's Youth Challenge program has not had a significant effect on the number of youth committed to Arkansas' juvenile justice facilities, the director of the ...
KTVZ

Oregon Youth ChalleNGe Program earns outstanding rating in national inspection

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)— The Oregon Youth ChalleNGe Program has become the first in the nation to receive an "outstanding" rating under new federal evaluation criteria, program director Frank Tallman ...