4 Troubled Teens Blog

As the economic downturn continues to wreak havoc on state budgets, services are being cut and facilities closed. But Hawaiis latest cost-cutting move will end up helping area troubled teenagers. The Kulani Correctional Facility will be closed this year, and will re-open next year under new management as the Hawaii Youth Challenge Academy.

There, like at the Kalaeloa academy run by the Hawaii National Guard, high school dropouts spend an intensive 22 weeks working toward their GED and learning important life skills. ...

While young adults with the Youth Challenge Academy will head to the converted Kulani Correction Center, the move is actually an effort to keep kids out of prison. (Source: KNHL Channel 8)

Closure of the prison facility will save about $2.8 million, and most of that money will be used to help fund the $16,000 cost for a student to complete the Youth Challenge program, KNHL reported.

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