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Provides adolescent pregnancy prevention programs such as, Draw the Line, Love Notes and other research based curriculum to school districts and community organizations. These programs are available in 8 counties Appanoose, Clarke, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Marion, Ringgold and Wapello Counties.


Expectant and Parenting Teen program available for Dallas, Decatur, Marion and Wapello Counties. Parents as Teachers parent education home visiting available for 0-5 in Decatur County, Iowa. Family literacy, GED/HSED available to residents in Decatur County, Iowa.

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Parenting Materials
Nutrition Education
Life Skills Education
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Parent/Child Instruction
Literacy Programs
Adult Basic Education
Parenting Skills Classes

Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Outdoor activities, including Carter Lake Summer Camp (Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm).

Meals served. Limited bus service - call for details.

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Mentoring Programs
Tutoring Services
Team Sports/Leagues
Literacy Programs
Boys/Girls Clubs
Literacy program for K-5th grade students at Clinton, McPhee, and Hartley Elementary schools in Lincoln. In addition to in-school tutoring, Impact Reading tutoring is available at City Impact. Struggling readers are matched with a trained volunteer tutor who utilizes provided literacy curriculum. The goal is to get each student to or above grade reading level.

Services offered include:

ESL or English as a Second Language is a program for people who speak, read and write best in a language other than English and desire to improve their use of the English language. Entry-level English through college-prep English is available.

HiSET and High School Completion Center (testing and prep).

Adult Literacy program provides opportunities for adults in need of literacy skills and refresher basics in reading, writing and math. Adult Literacy classes are offered at various locations in and around Des Moines and in cooperation with local schools and organizations.

COLLEGE (core) classes for DMACC's associate degree programs and non credit classes for personal and professional development.

Continuing Education Classes are offered at DMACC.

Business Consulting

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High School Equivalency/GED Test Sites
Literacy Programs
Continuing Education
Citizenship Education
English as a Second Language
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Provides one-on-one business coaching for entrepreneurs. Whether just starting a business, purchasing a business, growing a business, or are ready to exit from a business, the SBDC can assist. The coaching provided by the SBDC is confidential and offered to small business owners at no charge.

SBDC staff can assist you with a wide range of challenges entrepreneurs face. Counselors can help with strategic planning for a business, and help improve operations and marketing efforts. The SBDC can also help with financial forecasting and strategies to keep the business financially healthy. When it comes time to purchase or sell a business, the SBDC can help navigate that process.

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English as a Second Language
Literacy Programs
Adult Basic Education
Business Assistance Services
Library Services

Literacy, basic skills, GED, and ESL classes for students of other cultures.

Adult and continuing education programs.

Adult basic education.

Classes also meet at the following location:

Ord - Ord Learning Center, 1514 K Street, Suite 1; call (308) 728-3299 for information.

Categories

High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
English as a Second Language
Adult Basic Education
Literacy Programs

Full service public lending library, reference, children's, videos, music cassettes/CDs, books on tape and CD, DVDs, online databases, and e-books. Internet access and wi-fi available. Computer labs. Free computer classes for youth, teens, and adults on MS Office software programs, internet surfing, internet job searching, and other classes; call or see website for details.

Programming for children, young adults, and adults.

Meeting rooms and study rooms are available at some locations.

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Literacy Programs
Public Internet Access Sites
Library Services
Computer Literacy Training Programs

Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Outdoor activities, including Carter Lake Summer Camp (Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm).

Meals served. Limited bus service - call for details.

Categories

Mentoring Programs
Tutoring Services
Team Sports/Leagues
Literacy Programs
Boys/Girls Clubs

Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Outdoor activities, including Carter Lake Summer Camp (Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm).

Meals served. Limited bus service - call for details.

Categories

Mentoring Programs
Tutoring Services
Team Sports/Leagues
Literacy Programs
Boys/Girls Clubs
Adult education and family literacy classes are non-credit and provide a range of basic skill instruction, English as a Second Language, GED preparation, and in some cases, high school credit. Classes are informal and instruction is individualized. Classes may be held in a variety of facilities, including churches, industrial plants, schools, libraries, and housing projects.

Categories

High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Literacy Programs
English as a Second Language
Adult Basic Education

Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Outdoor activities, including Carter Lake Summer Camp (Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm).

Meals served. Limited bus service - call for details.

Categories

Mentoring Programs
Tutoring Services
Team Sports/Leagues
Literacy Programs
Boys/Girls Clubs

Services offered include:

ESL or English as a Second Language is a program for people who speak, read and write best in a language other than English and desire to improve their use of the English language. Entry-level English through college-prep English is available.

HiSET and High School Completion Center (testing and prep).

Adult Literacy program provides opportunities for adults in need of literacy skills and refresher basics in reading, writing and math. Adult Literacy classes are offered at various locations in and around Des Moines and in cooperation with local schools and organizations.

COLLEGE (core) classes for DMACC's associate degree programs and non credit classes for personal and professional development.

Continuing Education Classes are offered at DMACC.

Business Consulting

Categories

High School Equivalency/GED Test Sites
Literacy Programs
Continuing Education
Citizenship Education
English as a Second Language
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction

Literacy, basic skills, GED, and ESL classes for students of other cultures.

Adult and continuing education programs.

Adult basic education.

Classes also meet at the following location:

Ord - Ord Learning Center, 1514 K Street, Suite 1; call (308) 728-3299 for information.

Categories

High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
English as a Second Language
Adult Basic Education
Literacy Programs
Community college providing technical, vocational, and academic education.

Continuing education.

English as a Second Language.

ABE/General Educational Development (GED) testing and preparation.

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High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Literacy Programs
Community Colleges
English as a Second Language
High School Equivalency/GED Test Sites
Adult Basic Education
Assists unemployed and/or underemployed tribal members by:
  • Improving educational opportunities for tribal members who lack the level of literacy skills necessary for effective citizenship and productive employment,
  • Provide tribal members with sufficient basic education to enable them to benefit from job training and retraining programs and to obtain and retain productive employment, and
  • Enable tribal members, who so desire, to continue their education to at least the level of completion of adult secondary education (Diploma/GED)
Eligible activities include:
  • Enable Indian adults to acquire basic educational skills, including literacy,
  • Provide educational services or instruction for elderly, disabled, or incarcerated Indian adults,
  • If previously unemployed, purchase apparel that is required by job/duty,
  • Tutor fees for GED exam, and GED exam fees
Applications are due at least 30 day before the start of the program in which you are applying for.

Provides family workshops that focus on collaborative play and caregiver-child engagement through story time, fun interactive activities and caregiver language development strategies to help strengthen young children's language and literacy development.

Provides adult volunteers who offer one on one tutoring support for reading, speaking and spelling problems. Free assessments provide information on specific literacy skill needs.

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Literacy Programs
Tutoring Services
Writing Instruction
Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Categories

Literacy Programs
Tutoring Services
Boys/Girls Clubs
Team Sports/Leagues
Mentoring Programs
The High School Equivalency Diploma (HSED) is an alternative credential to a high school diploma for adults. Offers standards-based classes to prepare students for the High School Equivalency Diploma.

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Literacy Programs
Adult High School Diploma Programs
Provides a literacy program in the elementary schools for Kindergarten - 2nd grade.

Community college.

GED preparation and testing.

ESL - English as a Second language classes.

Adult basic education, including literacy, job seeking, and life skills education.

Citizenship preparation.

Tutors available in various locations in the Panhandle.

Single parent / displaced homemaker program provides career counseling, dependent care, non-traditional training, skills training, technology training, books and tuition, personal counseling, support groups, and transportation. Contact a student services advisor for information.

Veterans Upward Bound programs offer intensive basic skills development and short-term remedial courses for military veterans to help them successfully transition to post-secondary education.

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Career Counseling
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
English as a Second Language
Tutoring Services
Life Skills Education
Community Colleges
Adult Basic Education
Citizenship Education
Literacy Programs
High School Equivalency/GED Test Sites

Full service public lending library, reference, children's, videos, music cassettes/CDs, books on tape and CD, DVDs, online databases, and e-books. Internet access and wi-fi available. Computer labs. Free computer classes for youth, teens, and adults on MS Office software programs, internet surfing, internet job searching, and other classes; call or see website for details.

Programming for children, young adults, and adults.

Meeting rooms and study rooms are available at some locations.

Categories

Literacy Programs
Public Internet Access Sites
Library Services
Computer Literacy Training Programs

Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Outdoor activities, including Carter Lake Summer Camp (Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm).

Meals served. Limited bus service - call for details.

Categories

Mentoring Programs
Tutoring Services
Team Sports/Leagues
Literacy Programs
Boys/Girls Clubs
Identifies, promotes, and supports early childhood interventions in order to reduce the achievement gap between lower and higher income students.

Literacy, basic skills, GED, and ESL classes for students of other cultures.

Adult and continuing education programs.

Adult basic education.

Classes also meet at the following location:

Ord - Ord Learning Center, 1514 K Street, Suite 1; call (308) 728-3299 for information.

Categories

High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
English as a Second Language
Adult Basic Education
Literacy Programs