Initially, eight people worked at the O.T.C., performing bench assembly operations. Interest in the center continued to grow and by 1974, approximately 110 people with disabilities were receiving training at the O.T.C.

In the early 1980's, as subcontract packaging work was being lost to cheaper labor markets in Mexico and Pacific Rim countries, the Board of Directors searched to find a more reliable source of work for the O.T.C..

In a meeting between O.T.C. Executive Director, Joseph Bender and then Burlington County Freeholder, Robert C. Shinn, Jr., an agreement was made to include disabled people in the collection and processing of recycled products within Burlington County.

The community based contract provided consistent, year-round work, for people with disabilities. Realizing the enormous training advantages of long term service contracts, the O.T.C. secured additional community based service contracts.

In 1989, the O.T.C. was awarded a contract with the state to perform custodial operations at the Hughes Justice Complex in Trenton. The contract was later expanded to include Fitch Plaza.

In 1994, the O.T.C. secured a contract for Food Services at Falcon Dining Hall. The federal contract, awarded through the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act, offered additional options for job training at the O.T.C. By 1996, additional JWOD contracts for custodial maintenance, recycling and clerical support were added to the O.T.C.'s programming, bringing the total number of trainees to 650.