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32 USC 509 - National Guard Youth Challenge Program of opportunities for civilian youth
§ 508. Assistance for certain youth and charitable organizations
National Guard Youth Challenge Program of opportunities for civilian youth
Program Authority and Purpose.—
The Secretary of Defense may use the National Guard to conduct a civilian youth opportunities program, to be known as the “National Guard Youth Challenge Program”, which shall consist of at least a 22-week residential program and a 12-month post-residential mentoring period. The Program shall seek to improve life skills and employment potential of participants by providing military-based training and supervised work experience, together with the core program components of assisting participants to receive a high school diploma or its equivalent, leadership development, promoting fellowship and community service, developing life coping skills and job skills, and improving physical fitness and health and hygiene.
Conduct of the Program.—
Program Agreements.—
Persons Eligible To Participate in Program.—
A school dropout from secondary school shall be eligible to participate in the Program. The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the standards and procedures for selecting participants from among school dropouts.
Authorized Benefits for Participants.—
In the case of a person selected for training in the Program who afterwards becomes a member of the Civilian Community Corps under subtitle E of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.), the person may not receive a temporary stipend under paragraph (1)(I) while the person is a member of that Corps. The person may receive the temporary stipend after completing service in the Corps unless the person elects to receive benefits provided under subsection (f) or (g) of section 158 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12618).
Program Personnel.—
Personnel of the National Guard of a State in which the Program is conducted may serve on full-time National Guard duty for the purpose of providing command, administrative, training, or supporting services for the Program. For the performance of those services, any such personnel may be ordered to duty under section 502(f) of this title for not longer than the period of the Program.
Equipment and Facilities.—
Equipment and facilities of the Department of Defense may be used by the National Guard for purposes of carrying out the Program.
Status of Participants.—
Section 1346(b) and chapter 171 of title 28 and any other provision of law relating to the liability of the United States for tortious conduct of employees of the United States.
Supplemental Resources.—
To carry out the Program in a State, the Governor of the State or, in the case of the District of Columbia, the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard may supplement funds made available under the Program out of other resources (including gifts) available to the Governor or the commanding general. The Governor or the commanding general may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of money, other property, or services for the Program.
Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the design, conduct, and effectiveness of the Program during the preceding fiscal year. In preparing the report, the Secretary shall coordinate with the Governor of each State in which the Program is carried out and, if the Program is carried out in the District of Columbia, with the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard.
The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to carry out the Program. The regulations shall address at a minimum the following:
(Added Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, § 1076(a), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1911; amended Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 579, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 631; Pub. L. 106–246, div. B, title I, § 120, July 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 533; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title V, § 577(a)–(c)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–140; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 596(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1126; Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1062(g)(1), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2651; Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 594(a), (b)(1), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1935, 1936; Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title V, § 594(a), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4475; Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title V, § 593(a), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2337; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 519, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1754.)
cite as: 32 USC 509