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Who We Are

Founded in 1991, Work Force Development Center a nonprofit 501 c(3), is a vocational training organization specializing in preparing at-risk and disadvantaged high school juniors and seniors, for their respective journeys into the future work force.

Work Force Development Center currently works in conjunction with 21 Snohomish, North King, and Island County high schools in providing a safe and structured work environment that allows students the opportunity to develop skills within the assembly/manufacturing fields that they may not have had otherwise.

Work Force Development Center works in successful and continual partnership, providing significant outsourcing needs with several major companies in the aviation, wire harness and automotive fields. We are in constant search for more companies to add to our current customer base.

Being that we are self supporting, Work Force Development Center's student count is directly related to the amount of work we have in-house at any given time. In short, the more work we have, the more students we are able to serve.

If you're interested in learning more about our Student Services, please visit our Prospective Students page.

If you're interested in learning more about our current outsourcing customers and what we accomplish for them, please contact us.

“My students are working very hard in order to graduate with their classes. They are very proud of their accomplishment at WFDC and have brought that high standard to the classroom at LHS. My students are so proud of their “job” and their accomplishments and have positive attitudes about what they can achieve and do. Students come almost every day to school….they know attendance is an important part of their job at WFDC and they have brought that with them to the school setting too. This has been a wonderful experience for all of my students. One student in particular has gained so much self confidence and job skill that he now even makes eye contact with adults and even carries on conversations with adults – something he hardly ever did in the past. I LOVE this program and would like to see it expand in order to serve more deserving students. The staff is wonderful with our population of kids and teaches them so much.”- Vicky Hopper, Lynnwood High School