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 ...
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 ...
The Advocate

Area teens graduate Youth Challenge Program

PINEVILLE — The Louisiana National Guard Youth Challenge Program graduated 221 cadets during a ceremony at the Alexandria Riverfront Center in Pineville on Dec. 12, with state Rep. Mickey J. Guillory, ...
The Advocate

Youth Challenge grads say program changed their lives

It was a night that changed Kirk Candiff Jr.’s life. He had punched holes in the walls of his parents’ home and smashed anything he could get his hands on, and Carencro police were at the door warning ...
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Supporters rally at Camp Blanding in Starke to keep Florida Youth ChalleNGe Academy open

Supporters of the Florida Youth ChalleNGe Academy held a peaceful rally Saturday at Camp Blanding, urging state leaders to ...