National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Project

Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy

North Carolina

The mission of the Tarheel ChalleNGe is to improve the life-coping skills and employment potential of high-school dropouts or expellees so that they may become productive members of their communities and society in general.

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Qualifications

Who Can be a Mentor?

  1. Must be the same gender as the potential cadet.
  2. Must be at least 21 years old (if not a relative of the cadet).
  3. May be an aunt or uncle (depending on the gender of the applicant)- at least 30 years old or older.
  4. May not have had a close personal relationship (engaged, lived together for years etc. with one of the potential cadets parents.)