National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program: Preventing High School Dropouts Among At-Risk Youth
Intervention Details
Subject
Other Academic AreaAcademic Program
Alternative EducationDuration
2 weeks, 20 weeks, 1 yearGrades
9, 10, 11, 12Personnel
Other
Intervention Summary
The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program is a program that targets at-risk youth who have dropped out of or been expelled from high school, and are unemployed, not heavily involved with the criminal justice system, drug free, and legal residents of the state in which the program is offered. The program consists of three phases: a two-week residential introduction to the program's rules and expectations, a 20-week residential phase that focuses on eight components (leadership, responsible citizenship, service to community, life-coping skills, physical fitness, health and hygiene, job skills, and academic excellence), and a one-year post-residential phase that involves structured mentoring.
Grades
9, 10, 11, 12Personnel
OtherStatistical Finding Summary
Positive effect on completing school for at-risk youth
Source
U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2010). National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/intervention/393.
Data Sample by Population
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The subgroup population data as studied here are not available. That means that while this study may work well for your setting, we cannot say based on the published study and results from our system’s reading of that study what the school/district subgroup characteristics were when evaluated here.