PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT:

The Arkansas National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program will intervene and reclaim the life of qualified at-risk youth by providing the opportunity to learn the values, skills, and self-discipline necessary to become productive citizens through education, leadership, training, and mentoring of cadets in a controlled, quasi-military sytstem spanning both the residential and post-residential phases and beyond.

PROGRAM VISION STATEMENT:

The Arkansas National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program will be recognized as the premier program for the at-risk youth in the State of Arkansas by providing proven high-quality education, adult mentoring, and opportunities for behavioral change and career placement for the at-risk youth.