National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q3 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

A National Guard-run residential programme for youth ages 16–18 who have left or been expelled from high school, combining GED preparation with quasi-military training and leadership, citizenship, service, life-skills, fitness, health, job-skills, and academic components.

Components

• Three-phase residential quasi-military program with post-residential structured mentoring: The program organizes intervention delivery into three phases: a two-week residential pre-ChalleNGe introduction to rules and expectations, a 20-week highly structured quasi-military residential phase on a National Guard base or school campus, and a one-year post-residential phase. The article states "This phase involves structured mentoring with a mentor of the trainee's choosing," with staff maintaining at least monthly contact. The pattern pairs intensive residential structure with sustained community-based support during transition. (National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program (2010))

Claims

• The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program has potentially positive effects on completing school for at-risk youth, with 61% of the program group reporting a diploma or GED versus 36% of controls 21 months after random assignment [+W]
• The evidence base for the program is a single RCT of 3,074 randomly assigned youth, with 1,196 in the follow-up analysis sample, and the WWC rates the extent of evidence as small [+W]

Related Products and Programmes

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Key Sources

• National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. (2010). WWC Intervention Report: National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/329
• National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. (2010). WWC Intervention Report: National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. http://www.ngycp.org

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description	A National Guard-run residential programme for youth ages 16–18 who have left or been expelled from high school, combining GED preparation with quasi-military training and leadership, citizenship, service, life-skills, fitness, health, job-skills, and academic components.
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