We are excited to participate in SHARE Omaha’s Do Good Days from May 17-19! It’s three days dedicated to all the ways you can support us and 650+ of our nonprofit friends in the Omaha/Council Bluffs metro. Please add these dates to your calendar and get ready to give your all.
D2 Center staff participated in the Community Resource Fair for young adults at Fontenelle Park Pavilion along with more than 25 nonprofits, community agencies, educational institutions, and employers. Organizations shared info ranging from education and housing to health care and legal services.
May is here and it’s time to start thinking about summer! Every year the D2 Center offers options for students who are in need of elective credits. These courses are designed to complement OPS summer school opportunities and are taught by Nebraska certified teachers. Once again this year classes are virtual, other than the the first session where students are required to pick up class materials in-person at the D2 Center. See below for details!
D2 Center staff participated in the OPS Accelere College and Career Fair on April 14, 2022. About 20 local employers, postsecondary education and training organizations, and the military were present to meet with students. Here are a few photos of the event, which had a great turnout!
D2 Center YANs Abraham Gómez Meza and Evelia Gutiérrez joined Omaha Public Schools (OPS) Superintendent Dr. Cheryl Logan, OPS Board members Tracy Casady and Margo Juarez, and other community members in a tour of new school buildings on April 13, 2022. The tour included Pine and Forest Station Elementary schools as well as the new Buena Vista High School. The D2 Center will be serving Buena Vista and the new Westview High School this fall.
The D2 Center is included in a new set of tools produced by MDRC and Child Trends for the project “Reconnecting Youth: Putting Out of School, Out of Work Youth on a Path to Self-Sufficiency.” These tools can be accessed on youth.gov. This project was funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.