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Adult education classes, including High School Equivalency (GED, HiSET, TASC) preparation, English as a Second Language (ESL), literacy tutoring, citizenship test preparation, and more.

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

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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Citizenship Education
Literacy Programs
High School Equivalency/GED Test Sites
Continuing Education
English as a Second Language
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Supports several grant-funded opportunities for instruction to help adults improve their life skills throughout the 15-county area. Includes Basic Skills/GED and English as a Second Language classes. There also are many volunteer opportunities available.

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Citizenship Education
Adult Basic Education
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
English as a Second Language
Assists individuals with all forms and explanations of the processes for US Citizenship applications. Also assists people in getting fingerprints, updating work permits, and permanent resident cards. While staff are not lawyers, they know all the rules. All inquiries are confidential.

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Citizenship Education

Offers a citizenship education class that collaborates with former refugees as they prepare to take their U.S. Citizenship Exam. Volunteer-led classes prepare refugees for their interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as well as the English and civics test.

Offers the following classes:

- English as a Second Language (ESL).
- Civics.
- Citizenship.
- Healthcare Literacy.
- Computer Literacy.

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English as a Second Language
General Health Education Programs
Citizenship Education
Computer Literacy Training Programs
U.S. citizenship classes offering instruction in English, civics, and American history for aspiring naturalization candidates. Students are free join at at anytime.
Offers citizenship classes.

Assists all refugees; provides programs for ESL, transportation, cultural orientation, and employment. Helps refugees learn to live and work in the United States.

Services include:

- Employment skills class

- Interpreters available to go with refugees to medical appointments or hospitals

- Coordinates health and human services, ESL classes, housing with OHA, citizenship, drivers' licenses and classes, etc.

- Job placement for refugees

-- Refugee resettlement from another country to Omaha and Lincoln

- Support groups

- Youth programming

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Job Search/Placement
Refugee Resettlement Services
Citizenship Education
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
English as a Second Language
Immigrant/Refugee Support Groups
Language Interpretation

Assists women and men who are studying to take the naturalization test and to become informed and participative U.S. citizens.

Provides two 12-week semesters of group classes to provide explanation, reinforcement, and practice. Volunteers work individually with those who are scheduled to take their naturalization test.

All classes and tutoring are in English.

Information and referral. Translation and interpretation.

GED study materials and test resources.

Citizenship classes.

Youth programs for Latin American youth age 14-18.

Health and Wellness Outreach unit for minority health initiatives.

Domestic violence support group.

Food distribution.

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High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Language Interpretation
Ethnic Oriented Multipurpose Centers
Youth Enrichment Programs
Citizenship Education
Food Pantries
Language Translation

Offers Adult Basic Education (ABE), High School Equivalency (HSE) preparation classes (traditional and online), English Language Acquisition (ELA) classes, citizenship information, community tutoring for adult learners (Oglesby location only).

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Adult Basic Education
English as a Second Language
Citizenship Education
Community Colleges
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction

Adult education classes, including High School Equivalency (GED, HiSET, TASC) preparation, English as a Second Language (ESL), literacy tutoring, citizenship test preparation, and more.

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High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Literacy Programs
Citizenship Education
English as a Second Language
Supports several grant-funded opportunities for instruction to help adults improve their life skills throughout the 15-county area. Includes Basic Skills/GED and English as a Second Language classes. There also are many volunteer opportunities available.

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

Classes in English as a Second Language, citizenship, and workforce development. Classes online and at various locations.

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Prejob Guidance
English as a Second Language
Citizenship Education

Offers English as a Second Language (ESL) and helps with US citizenship.

Literacy Volunteers helps adults read, write, speak, and understand English by matching them with trained volunteer tutors one to one. Each tutor and student meet for one hour a week at a public location that is convenient for them, such as public libraries. Students can also meet with tutors virtually.

The program is open entry, open exit; adults can enroll at any time and exit at any time.

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Literacy Programs
English as a Second Language
Citizenship Education
Supports several grant-funded opportunities for instruction to help adults improve their life skills throughout the 15-county area. Includes Basic Skills/GED and English as a Second Language classes. There also are many volunteer opportunities available.

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

Online service that guides users safely through every step of the citizenship application start to finish.

Informs users if they may need help from an immigration expert.

Works with lawyers from over 200 non-profit organizations to help with the citizenship process if there is a problem with a client's application. Connects clients to free, live, online legal help or a local partner organization.

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Citizenship Education

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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High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Community Colleges
Literacy Programs
High School Equivalency/GED Test Sites
Tutoring Services
Career Counseling
Adult Basic Education
Citizenship Education
English as a Second Language
Life Skills Education
One-on-one tutoring and group classes are offered for those studying for US citizenship. Adult students are matched with individual tutors for one-on-one tutoring in English as a Second Language, US citizenship exam preparation, basic math, reading or computer skills. One-on-one tutoring and group classes are offered for those studying for US citizenship.

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Citizenship Education
English as a Second Language
Adult Basic Education
Supports several grant-funded opportunities for instruction to help adults improve their life skills throughout the 15-county area. Includes Basic Skills/GED and English as a Second Language classes. There also are many volunteer opportunities available.

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Citizenship Education
Adult Basic Education
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
English as a Second Language
Provides Citizenship Classes.

Provides both English as a Second Language classes and Citizenship classes. Co-teachers are from the refugee communities served to better understand the students' culture and the barriers that students face while accessing community resources. The program also provides weekly conversation hours and other community-based support.

Also provides citizenship focused classes for eligible students from Burma.

Educates and supports refugee, asylee, and immigrant families and helps them transition to a new culture. Services include:

- Refugee/immigrant mutual support groups.

- Linkage with mainstream providers regarding the mental health needs of clientele and the barriers encountered by them. Mediations and education related to cultural differences are provided.

- One-on-one counseling at the Center, a neutral site, or in the homes of families in crisis.

- Basic immigration applications and immigration legal referrals.

- Cultural orientation counseling for refugee and other ORR eligible clients.

- Culturally appropriate workshops dealing with money, public benefits and health issues.

- Translation of documents and interpretation in community settings.

- Advocate and liaison in clients' places of employment, schools, hospitals, courts, with landlords, etc.

- Aid in completing paperwork for citizenship, residency, family reunification, etc.

- Assistance with applying for government benefits.

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Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral
English as a Second Language
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Language Interpretation
Citizenship Education
Cultural Transition Counseling
Provides adults with a variety of educational opportunities in the areas of GED preparation, English language proficiency, Adult Career Pathways, and literacy.

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English as a Second Language
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Citizenship Education
Adult Basic Education
Tutoring Services