Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America, Inc. (OICA) is a non-profit organization that operates through a national network of local affiliated organizations. OICA has 42 affiliates in 22 states and the District of Columbia . Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America has forty-five years of experience in serving the poor, unemployed, underemployed and youth. With affiliated programs in 22 states and the District of Columbia, OIC prepares people for today's workforce with quality life skills development, fundamental education, superior job skills training, and employment readiness services. Our philosophy of self-help and the system of developing the whole person enables individuals to become self-sufficient, productive workers.