COIC Youth Education and Youth Compass Programs
1645 NE Forbes Rd., Ste 108, Bend, OR 97701
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COIC Youth Education and Youth Compass Programs offer an alternative high school setting where students can make up credits and return to their regular classrooms or earn a GED. The program provides individualized instruction for credit recovery or GED preparation, along with a Youth Compass work-experience program that combines classroom credits with community service and natural resource projects. Students can take part in summer work experience, community service projects, natural resource projects, work-based learning experiences, and an internship program.
• Ages: 16–18 years old
In 1972, COIC was designated a Council of Governments organized under ORS 190. Its mission statement is: “COIC supports the region as a trusted leader and partner, helping communities identify and address their unique and common needs through collaboration, shared service delivery, technical assistance, information sharing, and resource development.” COIC is recognized as one of the most successful GED programs in Oregon, with 105 GED certificates awarded during the 2022–2023 school year.
Programs are held in Bend, La Pine, Redmond and Prineville in conjunction with the school districts of Bend-La Pine, Redmond, Sisters, Culver and Crook County, and COIC also provides instruction for Deschutes County Juvenile Community Justice. Community partners listed for these programs include multiple school districts, park and recreation districts, the Bureau of Land Management, Crook County Road Department, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Deschutes Basin Land Trust, Deschutes River Conservancy, Deschutes National Forest, Edumunds Well Wildlife Sanctuary, Heart of Oregon Corps, Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Parks Department, Oregon Workforce Alliance, Oregon Youth Authority, University of Oregon, Upper Deschutes Watershed Council, and the US Forest Service. Students in these programs earn high school diplomas, GEDs, and high school credits that transfer to their local high schools, and they spend more than 12,000 (unit of time not specified in the source text) working on community service and natural resource projects. Youth Career Connect serves 15–21-year-old high school students by connecting them to meaningful work-based learning experiences, and the internship program helps bridge area high schools to the workplace with partnerships in the community.
The leadership team for COIC Youth Education and Youth Compass Programs includes: Kris Schofield, Youth Education Manager; Jay Byers, Youth Employment Counselor; Matt Mahoney, Youth Employment & Training Coordinator; Daniel Seddiqui, Youth Employment Counselor; Jeff Warren, Youth Employment Counselor; Joseph Beaton, Youth Employment Counselor; Josh Lagalo, Youth Employment & Training Manager and WIOA-Youth Education and Training Program Manager; Tammy Baney, Executive Director; Michelle Williams, Fiscal Services Manager and Deputy Director; Hannah Bullock, Human Resources Manager; Bob Townsend, Transportation Director; Kristine Schofield, Youth Education Program Manager; Sean Keithly, Community & Economic Development Director; and Dana Dunlap, Adult Programs Manager.
Last updated August 2, 2026.
• Ages: 16–18 years old
In 1972, COIC was designated a Council of Governments organized under ORS 190. Its mission statement is: “COIC supports the region as a trusted leader and partner, helping communities identify and address their unique and common needs through collaboration, shared service delivery, technical assistance, information sharing, and resource development.” COIC is recognized as one of the most successful GED programs in Oregon, with 105 GED certificates awarded during the 2022–2023 school year.
Programs are held in Bend, La Pine, Redmond and Prineville in conjunction with the school districts of Bend-La Pine, Redmond, Sisters, Culver and Crook County, and COIC also provides instruction for Deschutes County Juvenile Community Justice. Community partners listed for these programs include multiple school districts, park and recreation districts, the Bureau of Land Management, Crook County Road Department, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Deschutes Basin Land Trust, Deschutes River Conservancy, Deschutes National Forest, Edumunds Well Wildlife Sanctuary, Heart of Oregon Corps, Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Parks Department, Oregon Workforce Alliance, Oregon Youth Authority, University of Oregon, Upper Deschutes Watershed Council, and the US Forest Service. Students in these programs earn high school diplomas, GEDs, and high school credits that transfer to their local high schools, and they spend more than 12,000 (unit of time not specified in the source text) working on community service and natural resource projects. Youth Career Connect serves 15–21-year-old high school students by connecting them to meaningful work-based learning experiences, and the internship program helps bridge area high schools to the workplace with partnerships in the community.
The leadership team for COIC Youth Education and Youth Compass Programs includes: Kris Schofield, Youth Education Manager; Jay Byers, Youth Employment Counselor; Matt Mahoney, Youth Employment & Training Coordinator; Daniel Seddiqui, Youth Employment Counselor; Jeff Warren, Youth Employment Counselor; Joseph Beaton, Youth Employment Counselor; Josh Lagalo, Youth Employment & Training Manager and WIOA-Youth Education and Training Program Manager; Tammy Baney, Executive Director; Michelle Williams, Fiscal Services Manager and Deputy Director; Hannah Bullock, Human Resources Manager; Bob Townsend, Transportation Director; Kristine Schofield, Youth Education Program Manager; Sean Keithly, Community & Economic Development Director; and Dana Dunlap, Adult Programs Manager.
Last updated August 2, 2026.
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