The Employment Skills Center helps individuals become more employable, productive, and self-sufficient community members through Education and Training.  We also help organizations become more efficient, safe, and productive with Customized Workforce Training designed to deliver foundation skills to incumbent workers. 

Our Mission

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To deliver education and training that enhances continuous personal growth and workforce development while maximizing community collaboration and sustained financial support

Our History
Formed in 1967, we have served more than 13,000 people in Carlisle and Cumberland County, helping them to become more self-sufficient and productive citizens. The educationally disadvantaged youth and adults that we serve are in need of raising their levels of basic academic skills, acquiring job-readiness and employability skills, and refining their life skills so that they will be empowered to succeed, while better defining their life's goals. 
 

Our Service
As a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization we have seen Basic Adult Education become increasingly important as unemployment rates drop and required job skill levels rise.  The number in need of remedial education is significant and growing.

• In the United States, one in four ninth graders will not graduate from high school (Source: US Dept of Education, October 2005).
• In Pennsylvania, 20% of adults score in the lowest level of literacy tests (Source: 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy Results).
• In Cumberland County 14% of adults do not have a high school diploma (Source: 2000 Census).

• Those without a High School diploma or GED equivalency are 2 ½ times more likely to need government assistance funds. (Source: 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy Results). 
• An average persons earnings will triple with a high school diploma or GED equivalency (Source: 2000 Census).
• An average year of Adult Education costs $850 per person, compared to an average of $22,650 for incarceration. (Source: 2006 PAACE Conference)

The need for remedial education is significant and the benefits are measurable. Our programs represent a second chance for many to achieve a better education, a better job, and a more fulfilling life.