We offer two classes per year, in January and July. South Carolina Youth Challenge Academy provides a unique educational environment. The students will have structure. The staff are committed to serving South Carolina’s youth looking for a second chance to succeed.

The South Carolina National Guard wants to challenge you with a second opportunity for success. The Youth Challenge Academy is designed to help young men and women learn basic life skills and the education necessary to be successful. Your success is in your hands.

For the Youth Challenge program, mentoring is a supportive one-on-one relationship between an adult and a youth enrolled in the program. The relationship is developed to help the youth’s educational, social and personal growth.