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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

Provides both practical and social/emotional help to older adults adjusting to vision loss.


Content (online, large print, braille and audio) is available free of charge to anyone with a visual impairment and to those who support them.


Library of learning content ranges from tips and techniques for everyday living with low vision to an extensive range of instruction on assistive technology and braille.

Children's Services are provided to people under the age of 21. Supports may include residential services, supported/intermittent, host home, day services, transitional services, special education or early intervention.

Children's Extensive Services focus on supporting families by providing respite care and community connector services to children living within their family home.

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Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Special Education
Children's In Home Respite Care
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Group Homes for Children and Youth With Disabilities

Provides a chance for young females to sit with and listen to female CEO's of local businesses on how they run their business. Students are able to learn from a variety of women from different fields of interest.

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Student Career Counseling
Youth Enrichment Programs
Offers a free 10-week program designed for caregivers to impact baby's brain development by learning strategies to increase how much you talk with your baby and build up their language environment. Several sessions and locations are offered throughout the year. See website for more information or to register.
Non-credit continuing education classes for career preparation and skills upgrading.
Offers a college preparatory program designed to empower program participants with the academic skills and motivation necessary to be successful in high school and to ultimately complete college.The program uses collaborative relationships with students, parents, schools, and the community while providing services and support to low income and first-generation students.

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College/University Entrance Support
Higher Education Bridge 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.

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

After school and summer programming for youth in grades K-12 to receive homework/tutoring assistance, appropriate behavior lessons, problem solving skills, making responsible decisions, responding to conflict appropriately, and skill-building activities in a range of subjects.

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Tutoring Services
Youth Enrichment Programs
Extended Child Care
Provides a variety of activities such as summer activities, arts and crafts, a game room, free meal program, club technology center, fitness center, boys and girls basketball league, archery, brain games, gardening program, and Boy and Girl scouts.

Access and Disability Services at McHenry County College provide reasonable support for otherwise qualified students with disabilities so that they have the same opportunities as other students to succeed in college. Services include:

-- Tutors

-- Test readers

-- Classroom aides

-- Note takers

-- Private testing

-- Sign language interpreters

-- Extended testing time

-- Alternative textbook formats

-- Assistive equipment and technology

Assists High-school age youth with disabilities with their transition into college and/or the workforce. Also assist consumers with disabilities in their efforts to transition from a nursing home or state institution to a less restrictive living environment that is able to meet their daily needs within their community of choice.
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.
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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Dropout Programs
Tutoring Services
College/University Entrance Examination Preparation
College/University Entrance Support
Student Career Counseling
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.
BE REAL Academy, Building and Enhancing Relationships, Enriching Academics and Learning.
Designed for middle school students ages 13-16. Program focuses on developing literacy skills, social/emotional learning, and the important academic and life transitions middle school students experience as they transition to high school. BE REAL also creates opportunities for parent and student engagement.

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Youth Enrichment Programs
Tutoring Services
Boys/Girls Clubs
Literacy Programs
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
School Districts
Student Counseling Services
Early Identification 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.

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

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
Boys/Girls Clubs
Tutoring Services
Literacy Programs
Team Sports/Leagues
Generally serves people residing within the boundaries of the district. No economic restrictions. Ages 5 to 21 years for grades kindergarten through 12th. K-12 students living in contiguous districts may apply for open enrollment to any Des Moines School.

Visit website to find school locations and contact information.

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Special Education
Alternative Education
Public Schools
School Districts

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

Provides an after school reading, writing and math tutor program and will help with homework when needed.

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

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
Boys/Girls Clubs
Tutoring Services
Literacy Programs
Team Sports/Leagues
Improves the quality of life of individuals by providing training, education and employment programs.

SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT services are designed to provide personalized assistance to individuals with disabilities. Encouragement in independence by helping job-seekers get the skills necessary to find and maintain employment in the community. Program is focused on finding and utilizing individual strengths. Through job coaching and hands-on training, participants learn to understand their abilities and determine which jobs will allow those abilities to shine and go for their full potential.

BENEFITS PLANNING enables beneficiaries with disabilities to make informed choices about going to work also supporting them as they continue progress toward self-sufficiency. Team members will work with beneficiaries to provide in-depth counseling about benefits and the effect of work on those benefits. Education about benefits is provides in order to help beneficiaries attain independence and confidence. Team members counsel beneficiaries on Work Incentive Summary, Benefits Summary and Analysis, PASS plan, Impairment Related Work Expenses (IRWE) and resolve benefits issues.

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Supported Employment
Vocational Education
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Prevocational Training
Vocational Assessment
Occupation Specific Job Training
Vocational Rehabilitation