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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 parents with referrals to prenatal education, parenting education, support to remain in school, or anything in between. The program is a comprehensive, integrated system of early health, academic, and family services. Ensures that families of young children (birth to eight) receives support to promote healthy lifestyles and to increase educational attainment for parents and their children.

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School Based Teen Parent/Pregnant Teen Programs
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Provides support and programming for young people, 16-24, as they become productive, independent, contributing, active members of the community. This is accomplished with a focus in the areas of education, employment and empowerment.

Education: Provides programming in local high schools for students that are credit deficient, struggling with truancy or pregnant/parenting (Back on Track). These supports and services are aimed to assist students with staying in school and successfully moving closer to the goal of graduation. Also offers free GED prep classes and removes barriers to accessing GED testing. Provides support for individuals exploring and transitioning to post-secondary education (LEAP).

Employ: Assists participants in developing job skills and connections through a job readiness curriculum (Project HIRE) and connections to volunteer/community service opportunities (Volunteer Coordination), access to resources for job searching and supports once employment has been secured.

Empower: Empowers participants to advocate for themselves, assists with learning supports and resources and provides additional caring adults in the lives of participants. The Central Access Navigator assists young people to determine the supports and services available and ensure that a customized system of supports is assembled. Assistance available to young adults includes: access to emergency needs based funds, youth eviction prevention programming, financial literacy and budgeting assistance. Project Everlast Youth Council is comprised of young people served at The HUB that come together to create an environment for members to find peer support, educational enrichment opportunities and advocate for change in the child welfare systems

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Prejob Guidance
Job Search/Placement
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
School Based Teen Parent/Pregnant Teen Programs
Offer voluntary case management services to families that would like extra support to ensure a healthy mom, healthy child and healthy family. Services include home visits, prenatal, postpartum and parenting education, child development screening and education, support groups and classes, links to other resources, parent involvement opportunities, limited transportation to and from program activities and interpretation services. Bilingual case managers and interpreters are available for non-English speaking families, as available.

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Parenting Skills Classes
School Based Teen Parent/Pregnant Teen Programs
Parenting Materials
Case/Care Management
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Home Based Parenting Education

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
Public school district offices for Pre K-12 schools.

DRUG and Alcohol Free Youth program (DAFY).

Tobacco awareness and voluntary cessation group for students.

Tean-net assists pregnant teens and teen parents and encourages them to stay in school.

Friendship School / Student Friendship Program is a puppet program to promote better understanding and acceptance of disabilities.

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School Districts
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
School Based Teen Parent/Pregnant Teen Programs
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention