PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, conducts a National Guard civilian youth opportunities program (to be known as the "National Guard ChalleNGe Program") to use the National Guard to provide military-based training, including supervised work experience in community service and conservation projects, to civilian youth who cease to attend secondary school after graduating so as to improve the life skills and employment potential of such youth.

ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. DISASTER PREVENTION AND RELIEF;
- Emergency Preparedness, Civil Defense;
2. EMPLOYMENT, LABOR, AND TRAINING;
- Program Development;

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Federal;

WHO CAN APPLY:
- Federal;