Programs

What We Do

           Redirecting Lives

Portland OIC has a successful history reconnecting students who have lost interest in school by addressing the academic, social,  and work readiness skills necessary to make a positive transition into adulthood.

Our holistically-based approach to helping youth demands that we support our participants beyond reading, writing, and job training skills.  To that end, Portland OIC, over the past three years, has worked extremely hard to create a System of Care utilizing volunteers, community partners, business people, and university students to eliminate the barriers to academic and personal growth of which students face daily.

Who We Serve

Many incoming Portland OIC students are low income (85% free lunch) minority youth who have never had a job (81%).  They include teen parents (9%), alcohol and drug abusers (14%), juvenile offenders (12%), and social security/welfare recipients (82%).