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Opportunities Industrialization Center (usually shortened to “OIC” and doing business as OIC of America, Inc. and OIC International, Inc.) is a nonprofit adult education and job training organization headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [1] with affiliates located in 15 U.S. states.
In 1964, Sullivan founded Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC) of America in an abandoned jail house in North Philadelphia. The program took individuals with little hope and few prospects, offered them job training and instruction in life skills, and then helped place them into jobs. The movement quickly spread around the nation.
Jul. 27—MOSES LAKE — The giant scissors snipped, the ribbon fell and everyone present applauded as Opportunities Industrialization Center of Washington officially moved into its new digs at ...
During his time in Lynchburg, Virginia, Wood organized that city's chapter of the Opportunities Industrialization Center which provides education and job training to disadvantaged adults, and as an administrator he helped to establish 13 OIC centres in 8 states across the south as well as in Boston.
Pathways Out of Poverty is administered by the United States Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration.Roughly $150 million is authorized by the ARRA and is granted in amounts from $2 million-$8 million to eight national and 30 local entities for the provision of training and placement services in order “to provide pathways out of poverty and into employment.” [2] The ...
We partner with higher-ed institutions, including the University of Miami, Florida International University, Miami-Dade College, Florida Atlantic University and the University of Florida ...
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He was a member of the board of directors and chairman of the National Industrial Advisory Council to the Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America, Inc.; the National Minority Supplier Development Council; and the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association; the Highway Users Federation and the United Way of Southeastern Michigan.