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March 1, 2021
The Idaho House has passed a supplemental budget request that includes funding for a new barracks at the National Guard Youth Challenge Academy in Pierce.
If approved, it would allow the Permanent Building Fund to finance dozens of construction and renovation projects across the state. That includes $7.4 million for the new Youth Challenge barracks, $3 million to replace aging facilities at the University of Idaho’s agricultural research center in Parma and $700,000 for two UI greenhouses.
The Youth Challenge barracks would replace the modular trailers that are currently being used as living quarters and allow the program to increase its capacity from 155 students to 180 per 22-week term.