Serves as intermediary agency between the Illinois State Board of Education and the local school districts in the region. Provides educational services to school districts, including: - Technical support - Registration of teaching certificates - Inspection of school buildings - Truancy prevention - School bus driver training - Professional development - GED administration - Home schooling Note: Due to the Coronavirus response period, the office is open for appointments only.

Intervention/prevention services to students at-risk of dropping out of school. Services include assessment, referrals to outside agencies, mentoring, and case management.

Cook County Southland Juvenile Justice Council partners with the South Cook Intermediate Service Center to address the chronic absenteeism/truancy that is plaguing South Suburban Cook County. The partnership consisted of creating, implementing, and/or enhancing tools, trends, and processes utilized by school districts to reduce their numbers while engaging youth and their families holistically while providing any wraparound services and supports that would assist youth to return to school.

Ambassadors are trauma-informed trainers who engage the community in conversations about trauma and mental health to destigmatize, inform, and empower the community to seek out help. Additionally, community ambassadors are part of BSCO's community crisis response and are available to provide individualized trauma series groups to help jump-start the grieving and healing process.

BUILD's Intervention Specialists work on the front lines to diffuse neighborhood conflicts, mentor youth away from gangs and help them overcome histories of violence, trauma, and incarceration. By offering both individualized as well as community-based programming, BUILD opens doors for at-risk youth, empowering them to take charge of their lives, futures, and communities.

BUILD's Intervention Specialists work on the front lines to diffuse neighborhood conflicts, mentor youth away from gangs and help them overcome histories of violence, trauma, and incarceration. By offering both individualized as well as community-based programming, BUILD opens doors for at-risk youth, empowering them to take charge of their lives, futures, and communities.