Arkansas National Guard Youth ChalleNGe.

Welcome to the Arkansas National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. During the late 1980`s, the Rockefeller Foundation identified the need in our country to provide opportunities for your young people who were working to overcome problems in their lives. This includes educationally at-risk teens. In 1991 the Joint Armed Service Committee directed the National Guard Bureau to have states provide a program for high school droputs.

The Arkansas National Guard Youth ChalleNGe was formed in 1992 and the first class graduated in 1993. A total of 2211 young adults have graduated.

ChalleNGe Overview
Arkansas National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program is a program designed to help youth ages 16-19 develop leadership, learn self-discipline, earn their G.E.D., and acquire skills to help them get and keep a job. 

It is a 17-month program that incorporates behavior modification and mentoring into a 2-phase program for success. For 5 months cadets live, work, and study at Camp Joseph T. Robinson in North Little Rock. The Program includes:

• Academic and Life Skills Instruction
• Mentoring
• Community Service
• Physical Fitness 

REQUIREMENTS

Cadets:

• Do you want to change your life?
• Have you dropped out of school?
• Are you having trouble in school?
• Are you unhappy with your direction in life?

If you answered YES, then you are ready to take the ChalleNGe!

Eligibility

• 16-19 years of age (if under 18, you must have parent/legal guardian consent)
• Volunteer to participate
• Legal resident of the state of Arkansas 
• Drug free
• Crime free
• A copy of your birth certificate and immunization record must accompany each application

Recommended Contacts:

• Federal Representatives
• Federal Senators
• State Representatives 
• State Senators 
• Local Government and Business Agencies 
• Youth Agencies and Schools