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The role of a foster grandparent is to assist children in youth facilities, including helping children learn to read, tutor children in various subjects, act as role models, work in schools, pre-kindergarten programs, and other public facilities. Volunteers receive tax-free stipend, gas, vacation, and meals.

Offers a family-oriented center that provides tutoring and homework help.

Academic assistance program funded through TRIO Grants by the U.S. Department of Education. The program is designed for low-income, first-generation college students or students with a disability. Participants will have the opportunity to meet with their TRIO/SSS advisor once a month, and are encouraged to participate in one of the various program activities each month.

Individual Support:

-- A thorough needs assessment and development of a Student Success Plan

-- Required academic advising and success coaching

Personal Support:

-- Career Exploration

-- Leadership Conferences

-- TRIO Club

-- Assistance completing FAFSA, scholarship and transfer applications

-- Financial Literacy Education

-- Student Success Workshops

-- Cultural Field Trips

-- Team Building Activities

Academic Support:

-- Structured first-year experience course

-- Academic transfer assistance and visits to four-year colleges

-- Access to a free laptop or iPad through the TRIO Device Loan Program

-- Tutoring and Supplemental Instruction

-- College Readiness Boot Camp

-- Educational Field Trips

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Instructional Support Services
Tutoring Services
Higher Education Bridge Programs
Study Skills Assistance

Offers a before and after school program. Services provide children individual and group tutoring, as well as mentoring services to decrease school suspensions and to address the mental health and academic needs. Children are given a snack and provided with homework assistance, life skills, and recreational activities.

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Tutoring Services
Mentoring Programs
Extended Child Care

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

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

Provides adult tutoring in basic reading, English as a Second Language (ESL), both one-on-one and in a small group. Citizenship and ESL Conversation Groups. Free drop-in groups. Family Literacy Program for parents and their children and workplace literacy for job-specific skills.

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Adult Basic Education
English as a Second Language
Tutoring Services
Social development, social recreation, art, dance, drama, and physical education.

Education support (grades K-12) including tutoring and computer training. STEM activities (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).

Career development (7-18 years), including non-traditional careers.

Family counseling

USDA Meal Program, nutrition education, gardening

Adolescent pregnancy 4-component prevention program for girls 9-18 years old.

Pathfinders Mentoring Program matches girls, ages 5-16, with professional women in the Omaha business community to work on academic and personal goals. Scholarships may be awarded at the end of the successful completion of high school and the Pathfinders program.

Transportation to programs.

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Mentoring Programs
Boys/Girls Clubs
Youth Enrichment Programs
Team Sports/Leagues
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Sexuality/Reproductive Health Education
Tutoring Services
Prejob Guidance
The program offers the following free services to eligible students: professional tutoring, supplemental instruction (peer tutoring), advising, lunch workshops (topics include study skills, time management, and financial literacy), scholarship assistance, cultural events such as museum and theater visits, and a student parent support group.

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Instructional Support Services
Study Skills Assistance
Higher Education Bridge Programs
Tutoring Services
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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Adult Basic Education
English as a Second Language
Tutoring Services
Literacy Programs
Offers affordable courses designed to provide quality training for individuals wanting to upgrade job skills, explore new careers, recertify or renew licenses, start a new hobby or develop new personal or professional skills. Also offers programs for those needing Adult literacy assistance including General Education Diploma (GED) preparation and Adult Basic Skills such as math, reading, writing, English as a Second Language, etc. Classes available in the following categories: Career Development, Computer Technology, Trades and Industry, Transportation, Licensure and Recertification, Health, and Life and Leisure Personal Interest.

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Subject Tutoring
Adult Basic Education
Technical/Trade Schools
Computer Literacy Training Programs
English as a Second Language
General Safety Education
Mature Driver Training
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
New Driver Training

Offers tutoring for students in need. Students are selected based on grades and discussions with teachers and parents.

Provides 24 hour online tutoring and homework help in more than 200 subjects for military personnel and their families. Learners can get help from a tutor at anytime, on any internet-connected device.

City Life is a faith based, after school youth program offering tutoring and recreational activities for middle and high school students. Open to 11-19 year olds. Provides a relational, holistic, community-based ministry in which City Life teams raise up indigenous leaders from the young people living in the community.

Students meet weekly after school on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for a family-style meal, games, activities, and discussion at The Underground City Life Teen Center.

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Faith Based Youth Programs
Youth Enrichment Programs
Tutoring 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.

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Mentoring Programs
Tutoring Services
Boys/Girls Clubs
Literacy Programs
Team Sports/Leagues
The program offers the following free services to eligible students: professional tutoring, supplemental instruction (peer tutoring), advising, lunch workshops (topics include study skills, time management, and financial literacy), scholarship assistance, cultural events such as museum and theater visits, and a student parent support group.

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Instructional Support Services
Study Skills Assistance
Higher Education Bridge Programs
Tutoring Services

Volunteer tutors for adults, available to native speakers of English seeking to improve literacy skills and those learning English as a new language (English Language Learners).

One to one instruction is available for learners desiring to work at their own pace and/or on a specific skill area.

Small group tutoring is offered through programs organized around students of particular cultures, needs, or goals (Citizenship, Family Literacy, and Workforce Readiness for Refugees, GED Prep and CNA Prep), and in programs to develop vocabulary and skills in a specific subject area (Computer Literacy). Additionally, family literacy programs are available for adult English language learners and their preschool and early elementary age children.

Free conversation groups provide a forum for students to practice their skills in listening and speaking English. Tutors facilitate the groups by giving students discussion topics, vocabulary and dialogue practice.

Volunteer tutors are trained through a 3-5-hour program covering learning styles, adult language acquisition and lesson development. Persons 18 years or older are invited to become tutors and LL members. A minimum commitment of one year is requested for volunteer tutors.

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English as a Second Language
Tutoring Services
Mentoring Programs
Literacy Programs

Strives to assist adults 17 years of age or older in acquiring knowledge and skills necessary to earn a GED, to improve English language skills, and to transition to higher educational or vocational training. Services offered:

- Adult Basic Educational Services.

- Citizenship Services.

- English as a Second Language (ESL) Services.

- GED Services.

- Project VITAL (Adult Literacy Services).

- Workforce Services.

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

Provide life-long learning opportunities by partnering with schools, families and neighborhood residents to promote youth development and stronger communities through before and after school programs, Community Learning Centers and youth summer programs.

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Tutoring Services
Early Childhood Education
Extended Child Care
Youth Enrichment 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

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

Provides after school programs that includes homework help, tutoring, snack, recreation, dance, basketball, arts and crafts, cooking, computer lab, Boy and GIrl scouts and more.

Provides programs and training for youth, including:

- Life skills training

- Peer mentorship

- Career readiness

- Tutoring and after school programs

- Dance and step programs

- Sports camp

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Student Career Counseling
Life Skills Education
Tutoring Services
Youth Enrichment Programs
Mentoring Programs
Offers one-on-one literacy and math tutoring, age specific therapeutic playgroups (such as play therapy and language therapy) and career development programs. Starting from a pre-natal diagnosis to adult hood, GiGi's offers support and empowerment to individuals and their families. Also offer classes for art, drama, science, technology, fitness, cooking and singing. A full list of programs can be found at www.gigisplayhouse.org/desmoines/programs-therapeutic.

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Language Therapy
Play Therapy
Tutoring Services
Disease/Disability Information