Linda Cottrell

The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program serves young people ages 16 to 18 who struggle to complete their high school credential. This report is the ninth in a series of annual updates and covers the program and participants who entered in 2023.

This report provides an overview of data sources that contain information on the harmful behaviors of domestic abuse, prohibited discrimination, sexual assault and sexual harassment, substance use, and suicide, as well as their risk factors and protective factors. The report also provides recommendations for addressing key data gaps and limitations.

The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program is a residential, quasi-military program for youth ages 16 to 18 who are experiencing difficulty in traditional high school. This report covers the 2022-2023 program year and is the eighth in a series of annual reports that RAND researchers have issued over three research projects. Each report documents the progress of ChalleNGe participants during a specific program year.

National Guard Youth ChalleNGe is a residential, quasi-military program for young people ages 16 to 18 who are experiencing difficulty in traditional high school. This report covers the program years 2021-2022 and is the seventh in a series of annual reports that RAND Corporation researchers have issued over the course of two research projects. Each report documents the progress of participants entering ChalleNGe during specific program years.

The Psychological Health Center of Excellence commissioned RAND researchers to conduct supplemental analysis to support its response to Congress of the use of intensive outpatient programs to treat active-duty service members affected by the mental health consequences of sexual harassment and sexual assault while in the military. The goal was to better understand different program components available to these affected service members.

Researchers sought to identify the root causes of underrepresentation for women and members of racial/ethnic minority groups in the U.S. Coast Guard; factors shaping representation at each phase of the career life cycle; and facilitators of and barriers to increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion.

This report presents information on recent participants of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe, a quasi-military program for young people lacking a high school diploma, as required by Congress. It also documents program progress in academics, physical fitness, and other areas, as well as progress toward the goals to develop longer-term metrics to measure program effectiveness and to determine how site-level differences influence effectiveness.

The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program serves young people who are experiencing difficulty in traditional high school through a 5.5-month residential program. The authors of this report document the progress of program participants in 2019 and 2020; examine progress of participants in the Job ChalleNGe program, which provides additional training to Youth ChalleNGe graduates; and analyze the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on both programs.

The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program is a residential, quasi-military program for youth ages 16-18 who are experiencing difficulty in traditional high school. This report, the third in a series of four annual reports, documents the progress of program participants in 2017-2018 in support of the program's yearly report to Congress. Data collected over the past three years indicate that participants continue to make progress in many areas.

National Guard Youth ChalleNGe is a residential, quasi-military program for young people at risk of dropping out of high school. This report, which provides information on recent ChalleNGe participants, will be of interest to ChalleNGe program staff, personnel providing oversight for the program, and policymakers concerned with designing effective youth programs and/or determining appropriate metrics by which to track progress in youth programs.