The Computer Technologies Program began in 1974 in Berkeley, California — the birthplace of the disability rights movement — as training for clients of the Berkeley Center for Independent Living. It describes itself as the world's first program of its kind.

• 1974: Founded by Scott Luebking (1951–2009) and Neil Jacobson (1952–2023), in partnership with IBM and the California State Department of Rehabilitation. Began as training for clients of the Berkeley Center for Independent Living (CIL), known as the “CIL Computer Training Program.”
• 1978: Charter member of the Association of Rehabilitation Programs in Computer Technology (ARPCT). The CTP model was later replicated at more than 50 locations internationally.
• 1982: Became an independent program serving the broader disability community.
• 1997: Launched Office System Training (OST), later renamed PRO Customer Service and Administrative Training.
• 2000: Received the ARPCT Outstanding Program of the Year Award. COBOL programming taught until 2000.
• 2000–2004: Taught C++/Java programming.
• 2003: Moved to the Ed Roberts Campus (earlier locations included Vista College classrooms, a Milvia Street building, Oxford Street, and Addison Street).
• 2005: Programming training ceased.
• 2006: Launched Network and Technical Support Training (NTST) — 100% placement of its initial class. Evolved into today's Computer Technician Training (CTT), now in its third major revision.
• 2008: Crisis — the Department of Rehabilitation canceled CTP's 30-year case service contract with 30 days' notice. Alex Tabony, Christine Tabony, and Jasper Hill rejected shutdown and rebuilt services as a modular open-enrollment system.
• 2020: Moved fully remote due to COVID-19; remote classes were found to work as well or better than in-person for job outcomes. Remote live instructor-led classes (Zoom) continue year-round.
• 2025: Launched the Digital Career Compass vocational assessment (nearly 1,000 objective benchmarks).
• 2026: Active funding threat — Executive Director Alex Tabony (Oct 1, 2026) wrote that CTP is “under unprecedented threat from the very system that we have worked so hard to support” as DOR waitlists all applicants.

• Alex Tabony — Executive Director (hired Oct 1, 1999; himself a CTP graduate, Programming Training Class 39, 1999)
• Christine Tabony — Business Finance Manager

Last updated October 2026. See ctpberk.org for the official site.