The D2 Center 2023-24 Annual Report (PDF) is now available. Highlights from the past year include: A total of 443 students were served in the YAN Program 133 students graduated in the YAN program and 220 students were newly activated into the program 91 students...
MEDIA CONTACTS: Greg Emmel and Carolyn T. Miller, Executive Directors D2 Center 402-502-8534 info@d2center.org For Immediate Release: July 30, 2024 United Way of the Midlands Awards $40,000 Grant to the D2 Center to Fund Youth Academic Navigator (YAN) / Reengagement...
D2 Center elective credits have been in demand this school year! The first three quarters of 2023-24, 33 students earned 53 D2C elective credits. Electives include English, math, and Navigating Your Future. Now that summer is here, the D2 Center is hopping with...
The D2 Center 2022-23 Annual Report (PDF) is now available. Highlights from the past year include: 389 students served in the YAN Program; 217 newly activated into the program; and 94 students in the YAN Program graduated from high school We appreciate the ongoing...
Lilian Rios Navarette is pictured between the two bulletin boards she created this summer for the D2 Center conference room. Lilian will be a senior at South High and is working at the D2 Center this summer and school year as a part of the Avenue Scholars Intern Omaha...
On Thursday, May 4, 2023, D2 Center Youth Academic Navigator (YAN) Evelia Gutiérrez was honored during a special presentation at the Metro Community College (MCC) Cinco de Mayo celebration. After music from Los Nobles, lunch from La Mesa Restaurant, and keynote...
D2 Center Reengagement Supervisor and Youth Academic Navigator Jesi DeWitt attended the 23rd annual National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference in Savannah, Georgia this past March 5-8, 2023. Key takeaways from Jesi: This annual conference is held each year just...
D2 Center Career Navigators John Flemming (l) and Bette Norton Ball (r) meet with Blackburn Alternative Program senior students on February 28, 2023 at the Blackburn College and Career Champions College Expo. Also attending were representatives from Metropolitan...
The D2 Center 2021-22 Annual Report (PDF) is now available. This report includes information about the students we serve, program outcomes, and our organization overall. A few highlights: 83 students graduated in the YAN program and 197 students were newly activated...
Fall is here! Time to kick off D2 Center tutoring and elective credits for the 2022-23 school year. Tutoring from certified teachers is available in-person or via Teams/Zoom at convenient times Earn up to three elective credits this year Notify your YAN if you’re...
Update 10/03/2022: This position has been filled. The D2 Center is hiring a Youth Academic Navigator (YAN)! For more information and to apply, please see the listing on CareerLink. Join our team of seven YANs. The D2 Center YAN builds a positive and supportive...
Early last fall, as the pandemic lingered on, we were brainstorming how to set the stage for a new, better-than-ever school year and we came up with the 100 Diploma Challenge. One hundred graduates in one year would be unprecedented; recent previous yearly totals...
Blackburn High School seniors in the College Career Champions Club tour Metropolitan Community College Fort Omaha Campus with D2 Center Career Navigators Bette Norton Ball (left) and John Flemming (right) -- a great chance to get to know new Seniors!
Press Release MEDIA CONTACTS: Greg Emmel and Carolyn T. Miller, Executive Directors D2 Center 402-502-8534 info@d2center.org For Immediate Release: August 1, 2022 United Way of the Midlands Awards $45,000 Grant to the D2 Center to Fund Youth Academic Navigator (YAN) /...
The first D2 Center summer elective credit session started on June 2, when students attended an afternoon orientation at the D2 Center (pictured below). Twenty-five students are enrolled in the first session which runs through June 24, and they are taking an English...
In Fall 2021, the D2 Center participated in a UNO Service Learning Academy (SLA) project, partnering with UNO students in Kersten Borer’s Social Work and Civic Engagement class and Omaha South High students in Amy Cerra’s advanced pottery class. The previous summer,...
D2 Center Youth Academic Navigators (YANs) Yaneth Mares (left) and Evelia Gutiérrez (right) attended the Nebraska School Mental Health Conference June 1-2, 2022. Key takeaways from Yaneth: "The conference had great keynote speakers and breakout sessions. The speakers...
Congratulations to D2 Center Staff Specialist and teacher Jodie Martinez (pictured below) and her students. In the 2021-22 school year, 15 D2 Center students earned 18 elective credits which is a new record! Although the D2 Center focus has always been supporting...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
The D2 Center participated in the OPS Independent Studies Program (ISP) College and Career Fair on Wednesday, February 16, 2022. Other organizations present included UNO, Metropolitan Community College, Iowa Western Community College, Lozier Corporation, and the U.S....
Career Navigators John Moore and Bette Norton Ball (pictured in the Christmas sweater) assisted Blackburn school staff with planning and distribution of food baskets to Blackburn students and families on December 13, 2021. The holiday meal includes all the fixings and...
D2 Center staff attended the Intern Omaha Expo at the Scott Conference Center on November 19, 2021. Hundreds of students attended from school districts in Douglas and Sarpy County to learn about career options from over 40 Omaha Metro employers in a variety of fields....
D2 Center Career Navigators Bette Norton Ball and John Moore helped plan a College and Career Fair at Accelere and Blackburn held on Thursday, October 14. It was a great success! Below: Career Navigators John Moore (left) and Bette Norton Ball (3rd from left) worked...
The D2 Center Annual Report (PDF) for the 2020-2021 fiscal year is now available. Our Annual Report offers information about the students we serve, program outcomes, and our organization overall. After a rough ending to the 2019-20 school year thanks to the pandemic,...
Press Release MEDIA CONTACTS: Greg Emmel and Carolyn T. Miller, Executive Directors D2 Center 402-502-8534 info@d2center.org For Immediate Release: August 27, 2021 United Way of the Midlands Awards $30,000 Grant to the D2 Center to Fund Youth Academic Navigator (YAN)...