The state budget may hold some good news for Battle Creek’s Michigan Youth Challenge Academy, reports the Battle Creek Enquirer. A state Senate budget committee last week approved an amendment setting aside $1.5 million for the program for at-risk teens operated by the National Guard at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. State cutbacks in recent years threatened to close the academy, but it has remained open at a reduced capacity. Lawmakers said the budget plan would restore full funding to the program.
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Source: Battle Creek Enquirer
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