<p>The purpose of this paper is to analyze the main characteristics that has public policy regarding the youth, making a historical overview and update on the subject in Argentina. The research focuses on the analysis of a particular public policy such as the creation of the Program of Support for Students from Argentina (PROGRESAR in Spanish). Evidence from this analysis come from a survey of holders of the program in the Party of General Pueyrredón in three specific areas of accreditation: FINES, Integration to Work course (IWC) and University, between late 2014 and early 2015. As Mazzola (2012) has raised This policy is articulated with a set of other actions in favor of children, adolescents and youth in recent years are being implemented in the country, which are shaping a new paradigm, that of “enhanced protection” of childhood, adolescence and youth. Finally, we discuss some of the main difficulties of implementation of the program.</p>