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Teen Challenge Minnesota Study 2010
Teen Challenge Minnesota Study 2010

This 2010 research project focused on Teen Challenge Minnesota alumni who graduated between 2007 and 2009. The study included, adult men and women and adolescents. The study was designed and conducted by Wilder Research, an independent evaluator, under the direction of Rachel Hardeman, Ph.D., and Michelle Decker Gerrard, Ed.M. and Greg Owen, Ph.D.

Teen Challenge Minnesota Study 2007
Teen Challenge Minnesota Study 2007

This research focused on Teen Challenge Minnesota alumni who graduated between 2001 and 2005. The study included, adult men and women and adolescents. The study was designed and conducted by Wilder Research, an independent evaluator, under the direction of Patricia Owen, Ph.D., substance abuse research consultant and Michelle Decker Gerrard, Ed.M. and Greg Owen, Ph.D.

Teen Challenge Indianapolis – Female Adolescent Study 1992
Teen Challenge Indianapolis – Female Adolescent Study 1992

This study was conducted in 1992 by Shawna Girgis, a staff at Teen Challenge, Indianapolis, Indiana, and was conducted as a part of her university studies. The study included female adolescents who had graduated in the last three years. This study showed similar success rates to the adult Teen Challenge programs in helping teens find freedom from drug addiction.

Northwestern University Study 1999
Northwestern University Study 1999

In 1999 Northwestern University produced a major study of Teen Challenge graduates from across the USA, surveying graduates of the three largest Teen Challenge centers in the USA. This research project, conducted by PhD candidate Aaron Bicknese, was the first of its kind to survey Teen Challenge graduates on a national scope. The three Teen Challenge centers providing the source of graduates for this research project are located in Rehrersburg, PA, Cape Girardeau, MO, and Riverside, CA. These centers work with males only. The focus of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the Teen Challenge approach to treatment of drug and alcohol addiction by surveying graduates who had been out of Teen Challenge for 12, 18 and 24 months. Results indicated that Teen Challenge had great success with those who came from severely dysfunctional family backgrounds with long term addictions.

Teen Challenge Chattanooga, TN 1994
Teen Challenge Chattanooga, TN 1994

Teen Challenge of Chattanooga, Inc. commissioned an alumni survey in 1994 to assess the effectiveness of its program in helping drug addicts find freedom from their addictions. The survey was conducted by Dr. Roger Thompson, Head of the Criminal Justice Department at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The study determined that graduates of this Teen Challenge program had a 67% success rate in living a drug and alcohol free lifestyle.

Federal Government Study on TC 1976
Federal Government Study on TC 1976

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, funded the first year of this study to evaluate the long term results of Teen Challenge program. This study focused on all students in the class of 1968 that entered Teen Challenge in Brooklyn, NY, and then transferred to Teen Challenge in Rehrersburg, PA, for the second half of their training. This follow-up study seven years later (1975) sought to determine six variables: what proportion of the program participants were still drug free, no legal involvements, employed or pursuing education, a part of a family unit, participating in church activities, and physical and mental health.