Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110
§1785 Youth Sponsorship Program
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 88 — MILITARY FAMILY PROGRAMS AND MILITARY CHILD CARE › SUBCHAPTER I — MILITARY FAMILY PROGRAMS › § 1785
Summary
Every military installation must have a youth sponsorship program to help military children adjust when a parent moves there for duty, involving local children and focusing on preteens and teens.
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Title 10, §1785
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Requirement.—
The Secretary of Defense shall require that there be at each military installation a youth sponsorship program to facilitate the integration of dependent children of members of the armed forces into new surroundings when moving to that military installation as a result of a parent’s permanent change of station.
(b)Description of Programs.—
The program at each installation shall provide for involvement of dependent children of members presently stationed at the military installation and shall be directed primarily toward children in their preteen and teenage years.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 1785
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110