Youth; Workforce Development and Opportunities

(6:23)

with Paulette Fox of OIC New Britain

Posted

Mar 29, 2021

Opportunities Industrialization Center of New Britain provides youth ages 11-24 who are middle school, high school, after school or out of school,
with workforce training and development opportunities. OIC President and CEO, Paulette Fox, explains.

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