Oakland Private Industry Council (OPIC) is one of the largest workforce development organizations in the Bay Area and has been a leader in connecting people to jobs and careers for decades. OPIC is recommitting to having an even greater impact on communities by launching its 30KJOBS4OAK Initiative, a partnership campaign to train 30,000 Oaklanders for a variety of job categories in the region.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) issued the following statement after the Biden-Harris Administration announced that California bridges will receive nearly $850 million in new funding this fiscal year, part of $4.2 billion in federal funding for the Golden State over the next five years from formula funding for bridges under in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
In Oakland less than 20% of Black and Latino kids entering third grade can read at grade level—and the other 80% never catch up. To break the cycle of underachievement, it is critical to prepare our children to read and succeed.
There is a proven program established Charlotte, North Carolina, under Harvard University’s National Campaign for Grade-Level Reading that OPIC is in partnership to bring to Oakland -The Home Reading Helper.
Oakland Private Industry Council’s (OPIC) CA Jobs & Infrastructure was devised in response to the Biden—Harris Administration allocating $4.2 Billion towards California’s Infrastructure for the upcoming five years. This initiative aspires to synchronize federal investments with state and local undertakings. The focus is on infrastructure renovation, employment generation, small business enhancement and the establishment of networking platforms.
