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Provides one-on-one assistance to job seekers for job searches, resume assistance, interview preparation, and employer connections. Multiple Career Fairs during the year connect job seekers with employers. Walk-ins and also pre-arranged appointments with a Career Coach are available.

Categories

Job Search/Placement
Vocational Assessment
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Ex-Offender Employment Programs
Career Exploration
Benefits Screening
Personal Financial Counseling
Adult Basic Education
Dropout Programs
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Prejob Guidance
Computer Literacy Training Programs

Provides assistance to out-of-school youth who are overcoming barriers to employment that might include lacking skills to obtain high school diploma, high school equivalency certificate, low income, homelessness, involvement with the judicial system, transportation barriers.

Participants spend half their time in academic programming and half in learning skills in construction or urban agriculture, including building or rehabilitating housing for low-income families.

Leadership development involves classes, activities, and leadership positions within the organization, providing a foundation for preparing youth to play important roles in their communities.

Please attend the on-line orientation and fill out the on-line application or call.

Orientation Link:
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Dropout Programs
Discrimination Assistance
On the Job Training
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Transportation Expense Assistance
Provides assessment, referral services, and short-term counseling for students and family members in school districts that contract with EFR for these services. Types of problem areas covered include school related problems, family relationships, alcoholism, drug abuse, emotional and behavioral issues.

Categories

Dropout Programs
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Wraparound Facilitation/Community Support
Identifies disadvantaged youth in grades 6-12 who have potential for post-secondary education, and encourages them to graduate from secondary schools and enroll in post-secondary education.

Services may include after school and tutorial homework assistance, career exploration activities, providing and assisting in completion of the ACT, college campus tours, and academic advising.

Staff encourages high school dropouts to return to school.

Participating schools:
Middle Schools: Culler, Dawes, Lefler, Mickle, Park
High Schools: Northeast, Northstar, Lincoln High

Categories

College/University Entrance Support
College/University Entrance Examination Preparation
Student Career Counseling
Dropout Programs
Tutoring Services
Offers a drop-out prevention program serving DMPS students and their families (kindergarten-graduation). A case manager connects student and family to support services in the areas of education, health and human services. Students are referred to the program based on the DMPS Early Indicator System, which identifies students who are at risk of dropping out of school due to poor attendance, low achievement, poor or failing grades, and lack of identification to school/behavior.

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Dropout Programs
School Based Integrated Services

Provides assistance to out-of-school youth who are overcoming barriers to employment that might include lacking skills to obtain high school diploma, high school equivalency certificate, low income, homelessness, involvement with the judicial system, transportation barriers.

Participants spend half their time in academic programming and half in learning skills in construction or urban agriculture, including building or rehabilitating housing for low-income families.

Leadership development involves classes, activities, and leadership positions within the organization, providing a foundation for preparing youth to play important roles in their communities.

Please attend the on-line orientation and fill out the on-line application or call.

Orientation Link:
brainshark.com/brainshark/brainshark.net/salesportal/title.aspxpi=zGiz7mtL4zJcRAz0

Categories

Dropout Programs
Discrimination Assistance
On the Job Training
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Transportation Expense Assistance
Provides a comprehensive array of services to reduce barriers to school attendance and increase student engagement. Year-round services include the Community Coach Program an alternative to court involvement, detention, and out of school suspensions. The Youth Attendance Navigators address chronic absenteeism; the Whitney M. Young Jr. Academy provides college and career prep activities.

Categories

Dropout Programs
Youth Enrichment Programs
Career Counseling
Student Career Counseling
College/University Entrance Support
Works with youth to comply with parental or probation guidelines as required including school attendance, curfew and other compliance.
Works with youth to comply with parental or probation guidelines as required including school attendance, curfew and other compliance.
Youth Academic Navigators are education-focused case managers who check in with students frequently and help with issues as they emerge to ensure students are making progress and earning credits in school.

Tutoring and elective classes offered for students who need academic assistance or alternative ways to earn high school credit. Certified teachers specialize in creating a small, caring classroom environment with a focus on individual students and their success.

Career Navigators assist students with postsecondary planning and connections for both career and educational opportunities. Services are also available to graduates.

Reengagement Partnership with Omaha Public Schools staff members to reengage students who have withdrawn from school but are eligible to enroll. The Career Navigator also partners with OPS Multiple Pathways programs to provide services in postsecondary planning and connections to students in these programs.

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Student Career Counseling
Higher Education Bridge Programs
Case/Care Management
Academic Counseling
Career Counseling
Tutoring Services
Dropout Programs
Addresses truancy and excessive absences within the public school system.

A collaborative, comprehensive, and preventative effort with a variety of stakeholders in the community to improve the growth of students educationally, emotionally, and socially.
Works with youth to comply with parental or probation guidelines as required including school attendance, curfew and other compliance.
Provides assessment, referral services, and short-term counseling for students and family members in school districts that contract with EFR for these services. Types of problem areas covered include school related problems, family relationships, alcoholism, drug abuse, emotional and behavioral issues.

Categories

Dropout Programs
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Wraparound Facilitation/Community Support
Collaborative effort by the six Rock Island County public secondary school systems, Black Hawk College, the Regional Superintendent of Schools, and Youth Service Bureau to provide educational alternatives for truant and dropout youth. Students may earn high school credits leading to a diploma or prepare for GED testing. Classes are offered at the Outreach Center and the Black Hawk College Adult Learning Center. Supportive services include personal and vocational counseling, teen parent programs, and bus tickets.

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Dropout Programs
Adult High School Diploma Programs
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction