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Curriculum and Instruction offers gifted education, K-12 curriculum, work experience programs, mentoring programs, and summer youth employment opportunities.

Lunch and breakfast program provides a free or reduced price breakfast and lunch to financially-eligible students. Applications are available at a child's school or the district office.

Special Education provides education for students with disabilities from birth to graduation and/or age 21 including special classes; resource programs; speech, physical and occupational therapy; audiologist services; work study counselors; and liaison personnel. Services are provided for students with hearing impairments, behavior disorders, mental handicaps (mild, moderate and severe/profound), home-bound, learning disabilities, orthopedic impairments, speech/language impairments, visual handicaps, and other health impairments.

Student Parent Program assists high school age students who are parents or prospective parents to stay in school and graduate; establish good health practices for themselves and their children; learn and use quality parenting skills; learn to balance responsibilities of school, children, and personal development; and develop career and life plans. The program is available in every Lincoln high school and middle school. Student/parent teams usually involve a school nurse, counselor and teacher; day care for infants is provided at Lincoln Northeast, and for infants and toddlers at Lincoln High School through learning centers that work with young children while the parents are in school.

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School Based Teen Parent/Pregnant Teen Programs
Special Education
School Districts

Provides professional development and leadership to promote school improvement, a variety of instructional services, special education support services (birth to age 21), and technology and media services.

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Education Advocacy Groups
Special 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.

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

Employment services including job matching and referral, job search and job placement assistance, career guidance and assessment, employer services, labor market information, apprenticeships, veteran services, resume design, interview skills development, and a variety of other programs and services.

Computers with internet available.

Many services also apply to out-of-school individuals ages 14-24 with employment barriers, including:

-- Paid work experience, summer employment, and on-the-job training opportunities

-- Tuition assistance

-- On site tutoring

-- Support services to assist with application fees, enrollment fees, work attire, school or work supplies, etc.

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General Youth Employment Programs
Job Search/Placement
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Educational Testing
Veteran Employment Programs
Job Training Resource Lists
WIOA Programs
Occupation Specific Job Training
Scholarships
Apprenticeship Training
Prejob Guidance
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Education Related Fee Payment Assistance
On the Job Training
Career Counseling
Academy program for high school dropouts, GED and credit recovery ages 15.5-18. Classes start in January and July and run for seventeen months. The first five months are spent in residency at the campus in Rantoul, IL. In a structured quasi-military environment, youth receive GED instruction or credit recovery, self-discipline, life coping skills, computer skills, and career counseling, and they perform community service projects. Post-graduation, cadets return to the community to continue education in a post secondary institution or vocational school, or obtain employment, with the guidance of a mentor from their community. Youth may be eligible to receive a monetary allowance to assist in education or employment costs.

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Alternative Education
Juvenile Delinquency Prevention
Social development, social recreation, art, dance, drama, and physical education.

Education support (grades K-12) including tutoring and computer training. STEM activities (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).

Career development (7-18 years), including non-traditional careers.

Family counseling

USDA Meal Program, nutrition education, gardening

Adolescent pregnancy 4-component prevention program for girls 9-18 years old.

Pathfinders Mentoring Program matches girls, ages 5-16, with professional women in the Omaha business community to work on academic and personal goals. Scholarships may be awarded at the end of the successful completion of high school and the Pathfinders program.

Transportation to programs.

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Computer Literacy Training Programs
Team Sports/Leagues
Tutoring Services
Boys/Girls Clubs
Sexuality/Reproductive Health Education
Mentoring Programs
Youth Enrichment Programs
Prejob Guidance
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

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Tutoring Services
College/University Entrance Examination Preparation
Guidance and Counseling

Offers pregnancy prevention education and information about sexually transmitted infections and birth control, as well as counseling and access to services; pregnant teens and teen parents receive support and counseling to help them complete school.

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Teen Family Planning Programs
School Based Teen Parent/Pregnant Teen Programs
Keystone Area Education Agency provides support services for families who provide home-based schooling for their children including: assessments and evaluations, access to instructional materials and curriculums, and consultation regarding the educational needs of the children.
City Life is a faith based, after school youth program offering tutoring and recreational activities for middle and high school students. Open to 11-19 year olds. Provides a relational, holistic, community-based ministry in which City Life teams raise up indigenous leaders from the young people living in the community.

Students meet weekly after school on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for a family-style meal, games, activities, and discussion at The Underground City Life Teen Center.

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Tutoring Services
Faith Based Youth Programs
Youth Enrichment Programs
The Early ACCESS program for children birth to age 3 provides evaluations to identify children with special needs. Children ages birth to 3 years old with special needs are connected to early intervention services. In addition, Early Childhood Special Education services are available for children ages 3 to 5 who are identified as needing special education services.

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Early Identification Programs
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Pediatric Developmental Assessment

Employment services including job matching and referral, job search and job placement assistance, career guidance and assessment, employer services, labor market information, apprenticeships, veteran services, resume design, interview skills development, and a variety of other programs and services.

Computers with internet available.

Many services also apply to out-of-school individuals ages 14-24 with employment barriers, including:

-- Paid work experience, summer employment, and on-the-job training opportunities

-- Tuition assistance

-- On site tutoring

-- Support services to assist with application fees, enrollment fees, work attire, school or work supplies, etc.

Categories

General Youth Employment Programs
Job Search/Placement
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Educational Testing
Veteran Employment Programs
Job Training Resource Lists
WIOA Programs
Occupation Specific Job Training
Scholarships
Apprenticeship Training
Prejob Guidance
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Education Related Fee Payment Assistance
On the Job Training
Career Counseling

Employment services including job matching and referral, job search and job placement assistance, career guidance and assessment, employer services, labor market information, apprenticeships, veteran services, resume design, interview skills development, and a variety of other programs and services.

Computers with internet available.

Many services also apply to out-of-school individuals ages 14-24 with employment barriers, including:

-- Paid work experience, summer employment, and on-the-job training opportunities

-- Tuition assistance

-- On site tutoring

-- Support services to assist with application fees, enrollment fees, work attire, school or work supplies, etc.

Categories

General Youth Employment Programs
Job Search/Placement
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Educational Testing
Veteran Employment Programs
Job Training Resource Lists
WIOA Programs
Occupation Specific Job Training
Scholarships
Apprenticeship Training
Prejob Guidance
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Education Related Fee Payment Assistance
On the Job Training
Career Counseling
Preschool and Head Start program.

Service coordination and home visitation program.

Developmental testing, speech and language pathologist, occupational and physical therapists, and vision and hearing consultants.

Parent support groups.

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Early Childhood Education
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Special Education
Pediatric Developmental Assessment
Parent Support Groups
**Construction has begun at 210 S. 5th St. location in Ames. All Ames Club services will resume at the Ames Center Gymnasium at 1323 Northwestern Avenue (the north side of campus) starting Monday April 1, 2024.

Provides programs in character and leadership development, education and career development, health and life skills, arts, sports, fitness and recreation. Offers structured programming promoting academic success, healthy lifestyles, and character development - STEM, physical fitness activities, service to others, arts and crafts, etc.

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Guidance and Counseling
Boys/Girls Clubs
Youth Enrichment Programs
Offers tech training from beginner to advanced, with the purpose of getting people employed in technology upon the completion of their program. Funding is through grants and scholarships.

Accredited tech education, taught at an accelerated pace. Training is equivalent to a certificate program; participants can get entry-level tech positions after course completion.
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.
The School District Office provides the administration of the public school services for all students in the school district. Services include: Child-find services which assess pre-school children to identify any developmental concerns as well as the child's readiness for kindergarten, Early intervention services for pre-school children (beginning at 3 years old) with identified developmental delays providing special preschool services, therapies, or other needed supports for the child, Creating with the parents an Individual Education Plan (IEP) for children with special education needs and ensuring that the services required by the plan are provided for the student, and Student counseling services, including counseling and guidance for all students in the district in the areas of personal, social academic, and career concerns. The school district also provides a Homeless Liaison, who coordinates the necessary services and support for any student in the district who is homeless (this includes providing transportation to and from school as well as other support that may be needed by the student).

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Homeless School Transition Programs
Early Identification Programs
Student Counseling Services
School Districts
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
Boys/Girls Clubs
Literacy Programs
City Life is a faith based, after school youth program offering tutoring and recreational activities for middle and high school students. Open to 11-19 year olds. Provides a relational, holistic, community-based ministry in which City Life teams raise up indigenous leaders from the young people living in the community.

Students meet weekly after school on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for a family-style meal, games, activities, and discussion at The Underground City Life Teen Center.

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Tutoring Services
Faith Based Youth Programs
Youth Enrichment Programs

Offers an afterschool and summer programming to elementary and middle school students. Schools served during the school year include Edmunds, Walnut St., Hubbell, Perkins, JW Reed, Callanan and Merrill. Programming focuses on four tenets: Academics, Social Skill Building, Health, and Recreation.

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
Boys/Girls Clubs
Literacy Programs
School district provides curriculum and instruction for grades K-12.

Distance Learning Network provides opportunities for adults and students to pursue courses of independent study, which does not require them to be in the classroom.

Activities include athletics; National Honor Society; Future Farmers of America; Family Career and Community Leaders of America; and student council organizations.
**Construction has begun at 210 S. 5th St. location in Ames. All Ames Club services will resume at the Ames Center Gymnasium at 1323 Northwestern Avenue (the north side of campus) starting Monday April 1, 2024.

Provides programs in character and leadership development, education and career development, health and life skills, arts, sports, fitness and recreation. Offers structured programming promoting academic success, healthy lifestyles, and character development - STEM, physical fitness activities, service to others, arts and crafts, etc.

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Guidance and Counseling
Boys/Girls Clubs
Youth Enrichment Programs
Literacy programs, tutoring, GED/diploma assistance, books and library services, summer school, and technology tablet for agricultural workers.