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The BOOST re-entry program enrolls participants age 18+ who are currently incarcerated in, or returning to, Woodbury County, and are set for release in 20-180 days. Participants being released will come from Woodbury County Jail, Woodbury County Electronic Monitoring, and Iowa Department of Corrections 3rd Judicial (RTF). The goal of this program is to help these participants gain employability and reduce recidivism.

Sioux City BOOST Re-entry is an Official Grant of the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance.

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Adult High School Diploma Programs
Ex-Offender Reentry Programs
Ex-Offender Employment Programs
The focus of PACT is to aid students and their families in re-establishing regular attendance, normal school habits, and academic success.
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.

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Vocational Assessment
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Job Search/Placement
Personal Financial Counseling
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Adult Basic Education
Prejob Guidance
Benefits Screening
Ex-Offender Employment Programs
Career Exploration
Dropout Programs
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Assists students who are lacking high school credits, for a variety of reasons, earn course credits toward high school graduation.

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Dropout Programs
Compensatory Education Programs
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.

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Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Dropout Programs
Wraparound Facilitation/Community Support
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.

Truant Alternative Optional Education Program: Designed for students who are at risk of school failure due to being truant, chronic truants, dropouts or potential dropouts with attendance.


Regional Safe Schools Program (RSSP): Designed for students who have multiple long-term suspensions, or students who are eligible for expulsion or in lieu of expulsion.

Works with youth to comply with parental or probation guidelines as required including school attendance, curfew and other compliance.

Provides treatment for issues surrounding truancy. Agency, school personnel, and other community providers work with the student and family to reduce missed school days.

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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College/University Entrance Examination Preparation
Tutoring Services
Dropout Programs
College/University Entrance Support
Student Career Counseling
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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Career Counseling
Dropout Programs
Tutoring Services
Higher Education Bridge Programs
Case/Care Management
Academic Counseling
Student Career Counseling

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
Transportation Expense Assistance
On the Job Training
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Discrimination Assistance
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
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
High school diploma completion program gives high school students, ages 16-20 at risk of dropping out or who have stepped-out, an opportunity to re-engage in education and earn their high school diploma.

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
Transportation Expense Assistance
On the Job Training
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Discrimination Assistance

The BOOST re-entry program enrolls participants age 18+ who are currently incarcerated in, or returning to, Woodbury County, and are set for release in 20-180 days. Participants being released will come from Woodbury County Jail, Woodbury County Electronic Monitoring, and Iowa Department of Corrections 3rd Judicial (RTF). The goal of this program is to help these participants gain employability and reduce recidivism.

Sioux City BOOST Re-entry is an Official Grant of the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Categories

Adult High School Diploma Programs
Ex-Offender Reentry Programs
Ex-Offender Employment Programs
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

Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Dropout Programs
Wraparound Facilitation/Community Support
Assists students who are lacking high school credits, for a variety of reasons, earn course credits toward high school graduation.

Categories

Dropout Programs
Compensatory Education Programs
Assists students who are lacking high school credits, for a variety of reasons, earn course credits toward high school graduation.

Categories

Dropout Programs
Compensatory Education Programs
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.

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Youth Enrichment Programs
Career Counseling
Dropout Programs
Student Career Counseling
College/University Entrance Support
Assists students who are lacking high school credits, for a variety of reasons, earn course credits toward high school graduation.

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Dropout Programs
Compensatory Education Programs
Works with youth to comply with parental or probation guidelines as required including school attendance, curfew and other compliance.
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