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Their Continuum of Care program allows youth, young adults, and adult men and women to earn a High School Diploma and certification in Culinary Arts and Welding faster so they can enter the workforce sooner.
BUILD provides young people struggling in school with the tools and support they need to succeed, graduate, and advance to college and careers. Tutoring, test prep, college campus tours, career exposure and consistent mentoring offer low-income, often-overlooked students the opportunity to be the first in their families to go to college, graduate and develop careers.

Services

Student Career Counseling
Dropout Prevention
College/University Entrance Support
Continuation High Schools

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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Services

Discrimination Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Dropout Programs
On the Job Training
Latino Youth High School (LYHS) provides a safe, gang-neutral campus where young people can earn a high school diploma with personalized support, counseling, and leadership development opportunities.
The focus of PACT is to aid students and their families in re-establishing regular attendance, normal school habits, and academic success.
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.

Services

High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Adult High School Diploma Programs
Dropout Programs

Assists students who need additional credits. Assists school administrators in finding an appropriate program to meet the needs of at-risk youth who are not functioning in the traditional education environment.

All Alternative School Programs contain the following components:

- Safety: School uniforms, dress requirements, daily check-ins through metal detectors, and closed campus environment.

- Behavior Management Program: Student success plans, individual education plans, behavior level systems, attendance requirements, effort grades, collaboration with social agencies, and court services.

- Standardized Curriculum: Instruction in math, science, language arts, and social studies at all grade levels. Course objectives are based on Illinois Learning Standards. Use of Internet and computer daily in all programs.

- Work Coop and Community Service: Students are involved in work coop instruction and receive credit for community service activities.

Identifies, helps, and retains low-income students who demonstrate the ability to succeed, yet are at risk of dropping out of high school. Upon completion of the "Stay 4" criteria, high school graduation, and enrollment in the U.S. military, a trade school, community college, or four-year university, students will be awarded a monetary grant to support their continuing educational efforts.

Services

Compensatory Education Programs
Dropout Programs

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 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:
brainshark.com/brainshark/brainshark.net/salesportal/title.aspxpi=zGiz7mtL4zJcRAz0

Services

Discrimination Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Dropout Programs
On the Job Training
Safe environment and mentors for students with alternative learning needs. Safe Schools and Alternative Programs are designed to meet the needs of individual learners. Safe School programs serve students who have been expelled or who have served multiple suspensions due to serious and/or repeated misconduct. Alternative programs are designed to serve students for a variety of purposes such as credit recovery and chronic truancy.
E-Learning Program: An on-line based program for high school dropouts. A career development module and job search assistance module is built into the program.
Alternative schooling for students, including the following programs: - Regional Safe Schools Program (RSSP): For students with behavioral issues. - Alternative Learning Opportunities Program (ALOP): Alternative learning setting for students who need more intensive academic/social/emotional intervention.
Provides guidance and assistance to prevent school absence and dropout for those at risk of expulsion, and economic, behavioral, and educational support to help students maintain their normal school curriculum and schedule. Programs include: - Attendance Improvement Matters (AIM): Provide direct services to students that will assist them in overcoming economic barriers that interfere with school attendance. - Bridges program: A full time educational option for truant students who wish to catch up to grade level or retrieve credits missed because of poor school attendance.

Services

Truancy Counseling
Dropout Programs
Alternative Education
E-Learning Program: An on-line based program for high school dropouts. A career development module and job search assistance module is built into the program.
Identifies, helps, and retains low-income students who demonstrate the ability to succeed, yet are at risk of dropping out of high school. Upon completion of the "Stay 4" criteria, high school graduation, and enrollment in the U.S. military, a trade school, community college, or four-year university, students will be awarded a monetary grant to support their continuing educational efforts.
Assists students who need additional credits. Assists school administrators in finding an appropriate program to meet the needs of at-risk youth who are not functioning in the traditional education environment. All Alternative School Programs contain the following components: - Safety: School uniforms, dress requirements, daily check-ins through metal detectors, and closed campus environment. - Behavior Management Program: Student success plans, individual education plans, behavior level systems, attendance requirements, effort grades, collaboration with social agencies, and court services. - Standardized Curriculum: Instruction in math, science, language arts, and social studies at all grade levels. Course objectives are based on Illinois Learning Standards. Use of Internet and computer daily in all programs. - Work Coop and Community Service: Students are involved in work coop instruction and receive credit for community service activities.
Intervention/prevention services to students at-risk of dropping out of school. Services include assessment, referrals to outside agencies, mentoring, and case management.
Short term therapeutic approach to reducing suspension time in schools. Can be used for alcohol/drug, aggression, and/or sexting violations. Typically 6 sessions with a licensed therapist and includes the following topics: - Comprehensive assessment - Psychology education - Counseling on decision making - Coping skills Sessions are conducted on an individual basis but also offers groups from time to time on specific issues, such as: - Alcohol/Drug Use - Coping Skills - Decision Making - Anger Management Tools - Respect for Self & Others Sessions are conducted at participating schools that the student attends.

Alternative education for students expelled, suspended, or struggling at their regular school. Program options:

- Regional Safe School Program (RSSP): for regular education students who have been disruptive in the education program.

- Options: Safe and secure classroom for students who suffer from anxiety and other non-disciplinary attendance issues.

- FLEX: Late-day program (3:30 pm-8 pm) for at-risk students and those with attendance struggles.

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.

BUILD provides young people struggling in school with the tools and support they need to succeed, graduate, and advance to college and careers. Tutoring, test prep, college campus tours, career exposure and consistent mentoring offer low-income, often-overlooked students the opportunity to be the first in their families to go to college, graduate and develop careers.

Services

Student Career Counseling
Dropout Prevention
College/University Entrance Support
Continuation High Schools