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Offers a 17-month life skills program for at-risk adolescents.

- Residential Phase (first 5 months/22 weeks): On campus in Rantoul. Rigorous mental/physical activities, very limited personal time. Includes at least 40 hours of community service activities.

- Post-Resident Phase (last 12 months): Graduates return to their community and work towards completion of their Individual Life Plan, which may include continuing education, volunteering, or seeking employment.

Education includes:

- Credit Recovery.

- GED Class.

- CPR Training.

- Computer Class.

- Food Handler certification.

- Nutrition Class.

Provides a development program for youth that offers high school dropouts or Unit 5 transfers the opportunity to earn their high school diploma or GED while learning and becoming certified in residential construction, property maintenance, health care, and information. Program lasts 9-22 months.

Students have the opportunity to earn a scholarship for college or trade school by completing AmeriCorps service hours at a YouthBuild Vocational Site while building or providing maintenance services to economically disadvantaged individuals and families, volunteering in healthcare settings, and assisting with IT needs.

Students may be eligible for a monetary incentive according to the progress they make toward goals. Students' schedules rotate from school to vocational site. Students receive advocacy surrounding their social service needs, training in community leadership, computer training and support, and intensive case management throughout their college careers.

Provides an alternative school giving students another change to succeed. Offering tools, support and different teaching methods to help students learn in the way that works best for them. 

Provides a residential, semi-military style program designed for at-risk youth who have dropped out or are behind in school. Classes start in January and July and run for seventeen months.

The first five months are spent in residency at the campus in Rantoul, IL. Youth receive GED instruction or credit recovery, self-discipline, life coping skills, computer skills, and career counseling, and they perform community service projects. Post-graduation, cadets return to the community to continue education in a post secondary institution or vocational school, or obtain employment, with the guidance of a mentor from their community. Youth may be eligible to receive a monetary allowance to assist in education or employment costs.

Provides an alternative school giving students another change to succeed. Offering tools, support and different teaching methods to help students learn in the way that works best for them. 

Provides guidance and assistance for students who are suspended, expulsion eligible or expelled from the general education setting. Programs including the attendance improvement matters, provides direct services to students that will assist them in overcoming economic barriers that interfere with school attendance. Also offers a bridges program, that includes a full-time educational option for students who wish to catch up to a grade level or retrieve missed credits due to poor school attendance. 

Provides an alternative school giving students another change to succeed. Offering tools, support and different teaching methods to help students learn in the way that works best for them. 

Provides guidance and assistance for students who are suspended, expulsion eligible or expelled from the general education setting. Programs including the attendance improvement matters, provides direct services to students that will assist them in overcoming economic barriers that interfere with school attendance. Also offers a bridges program, that includes a full-time educational option for students who wish to catch up to a grade level or retrieve missed credits due to poor school attendance.

Provides an alternative school giving students another change to succeed. Offering tools, support and different teaching methods to help students learn in the way that works best for them. 

Provides guidance and assistance for students who are suspended, expulsion eligible or expelled from the general education setting. Programs including the attendance improvement matters, provides direct services to students that will assist them in overcoming economic barriers that interfere with school attendance. Also offers a bridges program, that includes a full-time educational option for students who wish to catch up to a grade level or retrieve missed credits due to poor school attendance.

Provides a holistic education program for students in an alternative setting. Integrated curriculum includes partnerships with the families, the home school, social service agencies, and educational communities to help students find pathways to academic, occupational, and personal success.

Provides an alternative school giving students another change to succeed. Offering tools, support and different teaching methods to help students learn in the way that works best for them. 

Provides guidance and assistance for students who are suspended, expulsion eligible or expelled from the general education setting. Programs including the attendance improvement matters, provides direct services to students that will assist them in overcoming economic barriers that interfere with school attendance. Also offers a bridges program, that includes a full-time educational option for students who wish to catch up to a grade level or retrieve missed credits due to poor school attendance.

Provides guidance and assistance for students who are suspended, expulsion eligible or expelled from the general education setting. Programs including the attendance improvement matters, provides direct services to students that will assist them in overcoming economic barriers that interfere with school attendance. Also offers a bridges program, that includes a full-time educational option for students who wish to catch up to a grade level or retrieve missed credits due to poor school attendance.

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.

Provides guidance and assistance for students who are suspended, expulsion eligible or expelled from the general education setting. Programs including the attendance improvement matters, provides direct services to students that will assist them in overcoming economic barriers that interfere with school attendance. Also offers a bridges program, that includes a full-time educational option for students who wish to catch up to a grade level or retrieve missed credits due to poor school attendance.

Offers to serve “at risk” students and their families by providing an opportunity for education and guidance through various school-based and community-based programs. Students have the opportunity to earn their diplomas in a timely manner by utilizing an Individualized Educational Plan.

Provides an alternative school giving students another change to succeed. Offering tools, support and different teaching methods to help students learn in the way that works best for them. 

Provides an alternative school giving students another change to succeed. Offering tools, support and different teaching methods to help students learn in the way that works best for them. 

Provides guidance and assistance for students who are suspended, expulsion eligible or expelled from the general education setting. Programs including the attendance improvement matters, provides direct services to students that will assist them in overcoming economic barriers that interfere with school attendance. Also offers a bridges program, that includes a full-time educational option for students who wish to catch up to a grade level or retrieve missed credits due to poor school attendance.

Alternative learning setting for students who need more intensive academic/social/emotional intervention or have behavioral issues.