POIC (Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center)

Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center (POIC) is committed to the success of vulnerable youth, adults, and families, providing the highest quality services in Education, Employment & Training, Community Safety, and Family & Wellness. POIC has been a beacon for communities of color, particularly the Black and African American community, for 60 years. POIC serves over 3,000 students, trainees, and families throughout the greater Portland area every year. We address the needs of populations often overlooked by traditional social service and educational systems. Solutions to systemic barriers are complex; in response, POIC provides a continuum of services from classroom to career, which includes educational, workforce development, and family services.

For decades, POIC has been a key contributor to closing educational achievement gaps for the most vulnerable students in Portland. POIC engages individuals most organizations have given up on, yet they represent our community's greatest opportunity to create lasting, transformational change. As a leader in youth educational services, POIC is excited to support the Co-Op’s development of new, innovative strategies and evaluation methods that can be implemented on POIC’s campuses and beyond

Contact Information

Joe McFerrin II, President and CEO

jmcferrin@portlandoic.org