However, some government help comes through food stamps for the student depending on the state where the center is located. The only other funding sometimes available is for helping students receive their general equivalency diploma. Graduates go to a Teen Challenge re-entry program, do an internship at Teen Challenge, or return to their family responsibilities and get involved in a local church. Some go to college to become ministers and missionaries. Some join the military and many work in secular drug rehab programs.
Many centers now have alumni systems to maintain contact with graduates.
Volunteer at a center to help with mailings, fund-raisers, driving students to appointments. Support the program financially by introducing Teen Challenge to foundations and corporations. Many Teen Challenge centers have hookups for RV volunteers who travel and do plumbing, carpentry and office work.