Child and Youth Program
National Guard Child and Youth Services, this program serves children and youth ages 6-18 and provides opportunities for youth to develop their physical, social, emotional and cognitive abilities and to experience achievement, leadership, employment, friendship and recognition.
Activities include:
Operation Purple Camp
State Youth Camps
Teen Leadership Retreats
Teen Panels
Youth Symposiums
Operation Military Kids
Unit and community based specific activities
Jennifer Kartchner
State Youth Coordinator
602-629-4418
jennifer.m.kartchner@us.army.mil
Richard Mabry
602-267-2658
richard.mabryjr@us.army.mil
- National Military Family Association - www.militaryfamily.org
- Military Child Education Coalition - www.militarychild.org
- Zero to Three - www.zerotothree.org
- Tutor.com - www.tutor.com
- Our Military Kids -www.ourmilitarykids.org
- Operation Military Kids -www.operationmilitarykids.org
- Sitter City - www.sittercity.com/dod
- NACCRRA - www.naccrra.org
- The First Tee - www.thefirsttee.org/military
- Stomp Project (Specialized Training for Military Parents) - www.stompproject.org/services.asp
- Sesame Workshop - www.sesame.workshop.org
- United Through Reading - www.unitedthroughreading.org
- Military OneSource - www.militaryonesource.com
- Boys and Girls Club - www.bgca.org
- YMCA - www.ymca.org
Youth Resource List
