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Heart Literacy offers elementary aged children that need extra help with literacy are matched with a volunteer who spends 20 minutes every week reading with them.

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
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Library Services

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
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Library Services

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Library Services

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

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

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

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

Provides GED classes for parents with children birth through 3 or who are pregnant.

Provides a parenting class and a high level of child-care for children while the parent attends academic classes.

Visits the library together regularly and provides opportunities for parents and children to learn together.

Wraparound services include, transportation, Case Management, parent education, and home visits.

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Parenting Skills Classes
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Literacy Programs

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

Offers a variety of programs. Services include community literacy, free English classes, and GED prep.

Categories

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

Offers to assist former refugee families through education, family wellness, work readiness and economic development programs.

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Family Preservation Programs
Literacy Programs
Immigrant/Refugee Employment Programs

Provides literacy workshops and distributes reading materials. Partners with Silver Cross to provide reading rooms and lending libraries.

Offers free, one-on-one tutoring in reading and math, to develop personal plans of study to help adults to reach their individual goals.

Students' goals often include:

- Meeting program qualifications.

- Succeeding in training programs such as construction, healthcare, manufacturing, and more.

- Increasing basic skills before entering GED classes.

- Taking and completing college classes.

- Earning certificates and degrees.

- Getting a job (or a better job).

- Learning how to effectively study and improve testing, time management, and organization skills.

- Reaching personal goals such as reading to their children and helping them with school work.

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

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

Home delivery of materials for those with a physical impairment which prohibits them from visiting the library. The library will mail the items with a receipt showing the date by which the items should be returned and a return mailing label will be enclosed.

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

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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Continuing Education
Citizenship Education
English as a Second Language
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
High School Equivalency/GED Test Sites
Literacy Programs
Offers a free afterschool/summer literacy development program that utilizes trained volunteer tutors to provide individualized reading support sessions for enrolled participants in first and second grades. Each session contains a skill lesson component to learn and apply new reading skills as well as provide a positive shared reading experience for both student and volunteer.
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.

Provides adult basic education, including literacy, ESL classes, and tutoring in reading and math.

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English as a Second Language
Literacy Programs
Tutoring Services
Adult Basic Education