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The Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC) is a network of
comprehensive employment training programs across the nation. The first OIC
was founded in Philadelphia in 1964. From its beginnings in an abandoned
jailhouse, OIC has grown today into an organization which serves
disadvantaged and under-skilled Americans of all races.
The Arizona Opportunities Industrialization Center
was founded in April 1967, as a private, nonprofit, community based
organization, designed to address the critical employability needs of
Phoenix's economically disadvantaged and ethnic minority citizens. Since
1967, Arizona OIC has served over 50,000 and placed more
than 30,000 in meaningful jobs.
Our clients are economically disadvantaged and face significant
barriers to employment. Within this population, we have been servicing
all segments: those with limited English proficiency school dropouts,
teenage parents, ex-offenders, handicapped, dislocated workers, homeless,
and displaced homemakers.
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