Military Officer - August 2007 - (Page 60) C 60 MILITARY OFFICER The 17-year-old had fallen in with the wrong crowd, gotten involved with drugs, and dropped out of high school, eventually leaving her stepparents’ home and moving in with relatives. But her acting out continued, and her next stop might well have been jail if not for a unique program her aunt’s sister-in-law discovered online: the National Guard Youth Challenge Program. CHELSEA C A RSW E L L WAS I N T RO U B L E . Statistics show there are a lot of Chelseas out there: young people who have somehow lost their way and are headed down a path that often leads to poverty, incarceration, and reduced employability — possibly even death. Nationally, more than a million students drop out of school each year, greatly reducing their options for successful employment and increasing the likelihood they’ll end up a sad statistic. In 1993 — in response to those dismaying numbers — Congress authorized the National Guard to begin a pilot program to see if a quasi-military assisted training program could help. Rather than addressing the problem in a reactive way — after kids already were involved with the criminal justice system — the plan called for a proactive approach, intervening in those critical years when teens are teetering on the edge of adulthood and are most likely to get into trouble. Ten states were chosen for the test, and program directors began identifying at-risk youth to enroll. Initial results were encouraging, and by 1995, 15 states were participating. In 1998 Congress authorized a permanent program to be funded 60 percent by federal monies and 40 percent from each member state. Today there are 34 Challenge programs in 27 states and two territories, with more on a waiting list. A phased approach National requirements stipulate that each program has two phases: A 22- Students put strength, endurance, and camaraderie to the test in this ropes course challenge. AUGUST 2007 PHOTOS: PREVIOUS SPREAD AND THIS SPREAD, COURTESY NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM
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