The Youth Enhancement Services Program (through the Mayor's Office of Workforce Development) is a school-based, active and intensive case management program designed to engage and build relationships with students through formal and informal mentoring activities during and outside of school hours. Services include:

* Case management

* Community outreach 

* Job development

* Mentoring and advocacy

Eligibility requirements are based on family income, residency, age, and other factors.

The goal of the Compass Counseling Program is to keep alternative high school students in school until their educational goals are met and to prepare them for the work world. This is to be accomplished through counseling and advocacy with students, including:

* Academic counseling 

* Career counseling 

* Job search counseling 

* Positive, preventive personal counseling

* Problem-solving counseling

Eligibility requirements for this program include public aid recipients or family income below 80% median income level.

In collaboration with the Department of Children and Family Services, the YSDTP program is designed for DCFS youth who reside in foster care, home of relative, independent living or group homes who are between the ages of 16 and 20. In addition to intensive computer-assisted instruction, this program offers the following services:

* Year-round academic programs

* After-school enrichment programs 

* Full-time school-based mentor

* Student savings and scholarship program