All applicants must meet the following criteria:
The applicant must:
- Not be on probation or parole
- Not have ANY prior felony convictions
- Not pending ANY legal action
- Volunteer to enroll
- Be willing to comply with program rules
- Be a high school dropout or disenrollee
- Be drug-free upon registration
- Be unemployed
- Be at least 16 - and not yet 20 - years old
- Be a US citizen or permanent US resident
- Be an Arizona resident
- Be sponsored by a prospective mentor
If eligibility requirements are met, the following information is needed:
- Full name of student
- Full names of parents or legal guardians
- Student's Arizona address
- Student's Arizona telephone number
- Additional contact info (as desired)
- Name of a prospective mentor
- Mentor's address and telephone number
- Disenrollment letter from last high school attended
- Latest school transcripts
- Attendance Records
A mandatory drug screen will be conducted on opening day. Applicants may not enter the Pre-ChalleNGe phase if they test positive for the presence of illegal drugs.
