Feingold Pushes for Increased Funding of National Guard Mentoring Program
Posted at 13:15:13 on May 10, 2004
Senator Feingold's office put out a release today (read full release here) about Legislation to Increase Funding for National Guard ChalleNGe:
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is part of a bipartisan group of Senators sponsoring legislation to increase funding for the National Guard ChalleNGe Academy program. The program helps students who have left high school improve life skills and prepare for their high school equivalency exam. The new legislation would alleviate some of the burden on the states by increasing the federal share of funding for the program. It would also increase baseline annual funding for the program. Wisconsin youth involved in the Wisconsin National Guard ChalleNGe Academy spend 22 weeks at Fort McCoy where they participate in supervised service learning and education in a quasi-military environment. That is followed by a 12-month mentoring program off the base. The program is the second largest mentoring program in the nation and has the lowest cost per student ratio among similar intervention programs.
"This successful program has proven to be extremely helpful in turning around the lives of teens who may have otherwise been headed down a dangerous road," Feingold said. "The program has taught youths across Wisconsin to help their communities while becoming better young adults. We should strive to ensure that this program continues, and I will continue to fight to increase federal funds for the Wisconsin National Guard ChalleNGe Academy."
- Trae
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