The Basic Carpentry Pilot training program was a collaborative project of the Employment Skills Center, CodyZ Academy, and the borough of Carlisle, PA. The curriculum was designed to provide young adults with marketable job skills. Students attended two 6-hour Saturday sessions of pre-carpentry training at Employment Skills Center followed by six Saturdays of hands-on basic carpentry skills training where they completed a community project.

1. Our Mission
Helping people achieve personal growth and
job betterment through education and training

2. Our History
Founded in 1967 as Carlisle Area Opportunities
Industrialization Center (CAOIC)

3. 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

4. New Name in 2005

5. 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

6. Funding Allocations
63%
10%
15%
5%
3% 3%
Funding Sources Government
Private
Foundations
Fundraisers
United Way
Contributions

7. Fundraisers
Buck a Book Literacy
Campaign
Carlisle Downtown Mile

8. 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

9. Program Locations
• 29 South Hanover St. in Carlisle (Main location)
• Carlisle High School
• New Hope Ministries, Mechanicsburg
• Cumberland County CareerLink

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Adult Basic Education

14. ESL (English as a Second Language)

15. GED® Diploma Preparation and
Testing

16. Nurse Aide Pre-Clinical Training

17. Basic Computer Skills Training

18. Forklift Training

19. Basic Carpentry Training

20. 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

21. Partners
• Employment Skills
Center
• CodyZ Academy
• Borough of Carlisle’s
Elm Street Program
• My Brother’s Keeper
Initiative

22. Participants
• Young men & women
of color, aged 18-27,
residing in Carlisle
Borough
• Recruited through
outreach in affected
neighborhoods

23. 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

24. Curriculum
Pre-Carpentry Training at
Employment Skills Center
Carpentry Training on-site
with CodyZ Academy

25. Classroom Instruction
• 2 Saturdays
• Job Exploration
• Work-based Math and
Reading Skills
• Critical Thinking
• Work Ethic &
Professionalism
• Resume Writing
• OSHA 10 for Construction

26. Hands-on Training
• 5 Saturdays
• Hand and Power Tools
• Workplace Safety
• Measurement
• Following plans
• Teamwork
• Professionalism

27. Final Product
• Certificates for those
who completed full
course
• Raised planters for
community garden
• Job skills to build on