{"id":17,"date":"2013-06-25T07:46:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T17:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/yca\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-05-09T08:09:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T18:09:23","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/yca\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" aria-label=\"video embed\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/96949787\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/96949787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2014 YCA Overall<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user28630894\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hawaii Department of Defense<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Mission<\/h2>\n<p>The mission of the National Guard Youth Challe<em>NG<\/em>e Program is to to intervene in and reclaim the lives of 16-18 year old \u201cat promise\u201d youth, producing program graduates with the values, life skills, education, and self-discipline necessary to succeed as productive citizens.<\/p>\n<h2>The Program<\/h2>\n<p>The National Guard Youth Challe<em>NG<\/em>e Program is a community-based program that leads, trains and mentors 16-18 year old youth so that they may become productive citizens in America\u2019s future.<br \/>\nThis award-winning program has been recognized as one of the nation\u2019s most effective and cost efficient programs for targeting youth who are at the greatest risk for substance abuse, teen pregnancy, delinquency, and criminal activity.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Our Vision<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Hawaii National Guard Youth Challenge Academy&#8217;s endeavor is to provide the State of Hawaii a premier progressive alternative school for \u201cat-promise\u201d youth that focuses on lessons in character, education, moral values, life-coping skills and responsible citizenship.<\/p>\n<h2>Core Components<\/h2>\n<p>The 22-week Residential Phase is followed by a year-long mentoring relationship with a specially trained member from each youth\u2019s community.<\/p>\n<p>The eight core components of the program are:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 Academy Excellence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Health and Hygiene\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Job Skills\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Leadership\/Followership<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 Life Coping Skills\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Service to the\u00a0Community\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Physical Fitness\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Responsible Citizenship<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Hawaii &#8211; Youth Challe<em>NG<\/em>e Program Success<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"unordered type-2\">\n<li>78% of ChalleNGe graduates receive their high school equivalency diploma.<\/li>\n<li>48% join the workforce.<\/li>\n<li>19% continue their education.<\/li>\n<li>6% join the military.<\/li>\n<li>Program participants donate over 9,000 hours of community service annually, valued at more than $175,000.<\/li>\n<li>The Hawaii Youth Challenge Academy has awarded more than 3,800 academic credentials<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/yca\/home\/attachment\/hawaii-national-guard-wellnes-policy\/\">YCA Wellness Policy: Hawaii National Guard Youth Challenge Academy Wellness Policy<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2014 YCA Overall from Hawaii Department of Defense on Vimeo. 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