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Budget cuts are threatening to close the Michigan Youth Challenge Academy, a National Guard-sponsored program for troubled teens.

According to a Nov. 25 article on the website of CBS affiliate News Channel 3 WMMT, current and former students are playing an important role in the effort to save the program:

More than 130 kids are sitting in limbo right now, waiting to hear if they'll get to attend the academy in January. [On Nov. 24] cadets and graduates hand-delivered letters to every legislator in the state with signatures from all those kids.

The academy will shut down the day after Christmas unless lawmakers restore funding. ...

Over the past 10 years the program has helped nearly 1,800 at-risk teens clean up their acts and get their lives on track.

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Two Boys Towns locations in the state of Nebraska have stopped receiving referrals from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services after concerns were raised regarding mistreatment of residents.

“HHS spokeswoman Jeanne Atkinson says referrals to both programs were suspended on Aug. 26, and Boys Town has already started addressing the problems cited in the review. [Kara] Neuverth says Boys Town expects the suspension to be lifted upon acceptance of its corrective action plan…” - Source: The Associated Press

Though the review detailed the type of mistreatment that was taking place, those details have not been released to the general public.

 

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