Our MissionHelping people achieve personal growth and

job betterment through education and training

Our HistoryFounded in 1967 as Carlisle Area Opportunities

Industrialization Center (CAOIC)

What is an OIC?• Reverend Dr. Leon Sullivan founded first

Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) in abandoned jailhouse in Philadelphia in 1964

• Purpose: offer job and life skills training to the undereducated and disadvantaged and provide skilled workers to Philadelphia businesses

• Model was soon adopted across the country and around the world

• Carlisle joined the movement in 1967

New Name in 2005

Funding Sources

• PDE/ABLE (Adult Basic Literacy Education Division)

• United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County

• Workforce Investment Board (WIB)

• Partnership for Better Health

• Private Foundations

• Contributions/Donations

• Fundraisers

Funding Allocations

63%10%

15%

5%

3% 3%Funding Sources Government

PrivateFoundations

Fundraisers

United Way

Contributions

Fundraisers

Buck a Book Literacy

CampaignCarlisle Downtown Mile

Programs

• Adult Basic Education

• ESL (English as a Second Language)

• GED® Preparation & Testing

• Nurse Aide Pre-Clinical Training

• Basic Computer Skills Training

• Forklift Training

• Basic Carpentry Training

Program Locations

• 29 South Hanover St. in Carlisle (Main location)

• Carlisle High School

• New Hope Ministries, Mechanicsburg

• Cumberland County CareerLink

How many and who do we serve?

• Since 1967 we have served over 15,000 residents

from our community

• Across all programs we currently serve an average of

400 students per year

• Minimum age is 16

• Dislocated, Disadvantaged, Underemployed and

Unemployed residents

Partnerships

• Partnership for Better Health

• United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County

• Harrisburg Area Community College

• Tri County OIC

• Carlisle High School

• Perry County Literacy Council

• Lancaster-Lebanon Literacy Council

• Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12 (Adams & Franklin County)

• South Central Workforce Investment Bureau

• Hope Station

• Safe Harbour

• Salvation Army

• Project Share

• Carlisle CARES

• YMCA

• YWCA

• Victory Circle

• CodyZ Academy

• Borough of Carlisle

Investment in Human Capital

(It does pay off!)

• Trained over 500 Nurse Aides

• Helped eliminate the need for public welfare for

thousands of students

• Taught English speaking skills to over 6,000 students

• Assisted thousands with obtaining their GED®

diploma

• Helped thousands go from living lives of dependency

to living independent and productive lives

Adult Basic Education

ESL (English as a Second Language)

GED® Diploma Preparation and

Testing

Nurse Aide Pre-Clinical Training

Basic Computer Skills Training

Forklift Training

Basic Carpentry Training

The Need for Job Skills

• Young minorities lack opportunities to develop job

skills after leaving high school

• Redevelopment of vacant industrial sites in

northwest quadrant of Carlisle means construction

jobs

• Career Path for potential workers

• Opportunity to develop local workforce

Partners

• Employment Skills

Center

• CodyZ Academy

• Borough of Carlisle’s

Elm Street Program

• My Brother’s Keeper

Initiative

Participants

• Young men & women

of color, aged 18-27,

residing in Carlisle

Borough

• Recruited through

outreach in affected

neighborhoods

Funding

• Carlisle Borough’s

Community Development

Block Grant secured by

Elm Street Program

• Additional funding for

supplies provided through

mini grant from

Partnership for Better

Health

Curriculum

Pre-Carpentry Training at

Employment Skills Center

Carpentry Training on-site

with CodyZ Academy

Classroom Instruction

• 2 Saturdays

• Job Exploration

• Work-based Math and Reading Skills

• Critical Thinking

• Work Ethic & Professionalism

• Resume Writing

• OSHA 10 for Construction

Hands-on Training

• 5 Saturdays

• Hand and Power Tools

• Workplace Safety

• Measurement

• Following plans

• Teamwork

• Professionalism

Final Product

• Certificates for those

who completed full

course

• Raised planters for

community garden

• Job skills to build on