OIC of America to Build out National Job Training Program
OIC of America to Build out National Job Training Program, Helping Thousands
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A Philadelphia-based nonprofit organization is looking to make a huge impact on those struggling to find employment in Philadelphia over the years.
OIC of America, is working on a solution by building out a national job training program, intended to train 100,000 people for jobs every year.
This nonprofit has roots Philadelphian roots as their original center in 1964 was launched out of an abandoned jail site in Pennsylvania.
OIC works with affiliates across the country to provide education and job training for low-income people and previously incarcerated individuals.
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Louis J. King II, CEO and president of OIC of America, spoke to the resiliency of the program. Even when OIC lacked adequate funding, the organization was still about to make an impact with the few resources that it did have.
“The OICs have always been based in vocational training,” said King, who has led the organization since 2022. “Over the years though, as the federal funding kind of drifted away, the affiliates found other ways to carry out their mission.”
Launching the Sullivan Training Network, King said, “was my way of getting us centered again and focused on hands-on [career and technical education] training, jobs for today, tomorrow and the future.”
The nonprofit received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Bank Foundation Opportunity Fund this week towards its Sullivan Training Network, which has facilities in several states, including Pennsylvania.
OIC is aiming to reach that annual number of 100,000 people trained yearly by 2030.
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