IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 921 
Honoring the 30th anniversary of the National Guard Youth Challenge 
Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2023 
Mrs. NAPOLITANO (for herself, Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia, Mr. CARBAJAL, 
Mr. GUTHRIE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CARSON, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. 
MCGARVEY, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. THANEDAR, Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, 
Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. HARDER of California, Ms. LETLOW, 
Mrs. STEEL, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, and Mr. TIMMONS) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
Services 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the 30th anniversary of the National Guard Youth 
Challenge Program. 
Whereas the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (re-
ferred to in this preamble as the ‘‘Youth Challenge Pro-
gram’’) is celebrating 30 years of providing successful 
and free alternative education and structured discipline 
to at-risk youth between the ages of 16 and 18; 
Whereas the Youth Challenge Program was born from the vi-
sionary concept of using a ‘‘whole person’’ intervention 
model to combat the effects of gangs, violence, high rates 
of school dropout, and drug abuse on a generation of 
youth; 
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•HRES 921 IH 
Whereas the Youth Challenge Program is a federally and 
State-funded program that offers a unique opportunity 
for at-risk youth to change course at a critical time in 
life; 
Whereas the multiphased Youth Challenge Program uses 
quasi-military discipline and training, coupled with edu-
cational instruction, learning, and mentorship, to promote 
the character development and resilience of at-risk youth; 
Whereas one phase of the Youth Challenge Program is a 51⁄2- 
month residential program that focuses on the following 
8 core components: life-coping skills, leadership and 
followership, service to community, job skills, academic 
excellence, responsible citizenship, health and hygiene, 
and physical fitness; 
Whereas another phase of the Youth Challenge Program is 
a 12-month mentoring phase that builds on the 8 core 
components to help shape youth into productive citizens 
ready for societal success; 
Whereas there is now an optional phase of the Youth Chal-
lenge Program called Job Challenge, in which Youth 
Challenge Program graduates under the age of 21 years 
old can pursue in-demand job certifications; 
Whereas the Youth Challenge Program offers more than 
8,000 cadets annually an opportunity to succeed outside 
of a traditional high school environment; 
Whereas there are currently 39 Youth Challenge programs 
operating in 28 States, Puerto Rico, and the District of 
Columbia; 
Whereas more than 200,000 cadets have graduated from the 
Youth Challenge Program; 
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Whereas more than 184,000 academic credentials have been 
awarded under the Youth Challenge Program; and 
Whereas graduates of the Youth Challenge Program have im-
proved physically and mentally and are poised to become 
assets to the communities of the graduates and to the 
United States: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes that the National Guard Youth 
Challenge Program has been successfully helping at- 
risk youth for 30 years; 
(2) commends the accomplishments of all of the 
graduates of the National Guard Youth Challenge 
Program; and 
(3) reaffirms the commitment of the House to 
support— 
(A) the National Guard Youth Challenge 
Program; and 
(B) the critical mission of the National 
Guard Youth Challenge Program to help and 
develop the character of at-risk youth in the 
United States. 
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