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Business Services

Agency: Southwestern Community College

A two-year fully accredited community college with a variety of vocational/technical programs and liberal arts education. SWCC also offers a Small Business Development Center that can help anyone plan, start or build a small business. Call for more information 641-782-1483.

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After-School Program and Family Services

Agency: Completely KIDS

Literacy, educational support, mental health services and referrals to other agencies as needed.

Works to address the holistic needs of each child through:
· A safe environment with caring adult mentors.
· Healthy meals and bags of weekend food.
· A hands-on curriculum with a focus on reading, STEM (science, technology...

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Education Service

Agency: Jasper County RSVP

HEART LITERACY: elementary aged children that need extra help with literacy are matched with a volunteer who spends 20 minutes every week reading with them.

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Food Pantry and Case Management for Older Adults

Agency: Intercultural Senior Center

Offering food pantry services and prepared meals for adults ages 50 and older. Home delivery or drive-through pick-up available.

Social work services for adults ages 50 and older.

Check the website for the latest updates on other activities for older adults.

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Adult Education

Agency: Hastings Literacy Program

Adult education including GED classes, adult basic education, civics and citizenship education, computer literacy, adult reading skills classes, English as a Second Language (ESL), and other basic literacy needs.  

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DMACC Center for Career and Professional Development

Agency: Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC)

Services include:

ESL or English as a Second Language is a program for people who speak, read and write best in a language other than English and desire to improve their use of the English language. Entry-level English through college-prep English is available.

HiSET and High School Completion Center (testing and prep).
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Adult Literacy Center

Agency: Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC)

Adult volunteers offer one on one tutoring support for reading, speaking and spelling problems. Free assessments provide information on specific literacy skill needs.

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High School Equivalency Diploma

Agency: Western Iowa Tech Community College

High School Equivalency Diploma including literacy assistance

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Raising School Ready Readers

Agency: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

Learn fun ways to engage children in literacy play and turn everyday experiences into learning activities to help children be ready for school. Families participate together in hands-on activities that support early literacy skills in six areas.

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Be Real Academy

Agency: Oakridge Neighborhood Inc.

BE REAL Academy — Building and Enhancing Relationships – Enriching Academics and Learning — is designed for middle school students ages 13-16.  Focused on literacy skills, BE REAL engages students through participation in a book club called Chapters.

BE REAL is intended to create opportunities for parent and student engagement and traini...

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Literacy Program

Agency: Eastern Iowa Community Colleges

Assists any adult who has a desire to become a better reader by helping to master the skills of reading, writing, and vocabulary.

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Education Services

Agency: Literacy Council of Grand Island, Inc.

Teaches adult students reading, writing, and math literacy skills free of charge, and regardless of age, income, background, race, or religion. Students receive free literacy education though the agency's Four Pillars of Programming: One-on-One tutoring, Group Classes, the Language and Learning Lab with access to various self-paced computer program...

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Literacy Program

Agency: United Way of the Great River Region

Provides a literacy program in the elementary schools for Kindergarten - 2nd grade.

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Adult Literacy Programs

Agency: Kirkwood Community College

Volunteers tutor adults who need help with reading skills. On occasion, volunteers do math tutoring.

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Early Childhood Education Services

Agency: Head Start Child and Family Development Program, Inc

Head Start, Early Head Start, and Title I Migrant Education programs.  

Early Development Network Services Coordination.

Grantee for Region 9 Planning Region Team.

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Education Services

Agency: Lincoln Literacy

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 t...

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Education Services

Agency: Platte Valley Literacy Association

Adult Basic Education and GED Classes helps adult students improve reading, math, science and/or social studies knowledge to get a GED degree. Students with 8th grade and under reading and math skills are in the Adult Basic Education program. Students at a 9th grade or higher level in reading and math become official GED students and begin studies ...

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Adult Education Services

Agency: Central Community College

Literacy, basic skills, GED, and ESL classes for students of other cultures.

Adult and continuing education programs.

Adult basic education.

Classes also meet at the following location:
Ord - Ord Learning Center, 1514 K Street, Suite 1; call (308) 728-3299 for information

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Raising Readers in Story County

Agency: Raising Readers in Story County

The mission of RRSC is to improve language and literacy development in children from birth to age eight and to nurture healthy parent-child relationships. Offers free literacy programs to children through third grade, administer the Reach Out and Read program, provide books at human service offices and food pantries, and empower parents through cla...

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Homebound Program

Agency: Omaha Public Library

Home delivery of materials for those with a physical impairment which prohibits them from visiting the library.  The library will mail the items with a receipt showing the date by which the items should be returned and a return mailing label will be enclosed. 

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