NCIA Vocational Training Center (VTC)

“I love my job. I love my life. I love it! I still talk to the staff once or twice a month. Maybe one day I’ll come back and help other people.”

—Charles McIntosh, VTC graduate, HVAC/R systems

VTC Graduates Positively Impact Their Community

Communities grow stronger when people find success through meaningful work. VTC offers case management, trade skills, and employment support to returning citizens, veterans, SNAP recipients and recent high school graduates. VTC graduates enter the workforce:

Prepared for success

through our career readiness and financial literacy curriculum.

Industry-certified

with nationally recognized credentials in Auto Maintenance, CDL or HVAC/R.

Job-ready

75% of graduates achieve meaningful employment and financial mobility.

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Vocational Training Center Students Experience a Transformational Journey

66 participants graduated from the VTC in Baltimore at the Fall graduation ceremony on November 11, 2024. Hear directly from our graduates about how the program has made a difference in their lives.

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VTC’s comprehensive program is offered FREE to all students. Through your support, training is accessible to more people—and more lives are changed. Program costs per student:

– $6,000 training and case management
– $1,400 personal support funds
– $600 professional startup gear and tools

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Your support makes a tangible difference in the lives of our trainees.

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VTC by the Numbers

Supporting communities in Baltimore, Maryland and Charlotte, North Carolina.

2,500

lives transformed

72%

of grads at work in the community

$17 – $50

hourly wages earned

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Changing Lives, One Person at a Time with Your Support.

Our mission is to help create a society in which all persons who come into contact with human service or correctional systems are provided an environment of individual care, concern, and treatment. We are dedicated to developing quality programs and professional services that advocate timely intervention and unconditional care.