Causes: Human Service Organizations, Human Services

Mission: Goodwill industries assists persons with disabilities and those who are vocationally disadvantaged to achieve full participation and integration into society through the power of work.

Programs: Workforce development - goodwill provides a range of basic and intensive vocational services designed to assess and build vocational skills and potential, identify and develop employment opportunities and support job retention and career development for the people we serve. Services include information and referral, case management, vocational assessment and planning, transitional employment, job readiness training, job development and placement, job coaching and post-employment support. In 2017, goodwill provided over 2,037 individuals with 12,125 services and placed 79 program participants into competitive employment.

retail operations - goodwill's retail stores, e-commerce and after-market salvage recycling operations generate revenue to fund workforce development services as well as training and employment opportunities for the people we serve. Donated items from the community, including clothing, household goods, furniture and electronics are collected, sorted and prepared for resale or recycling. In 2017, goodwill's retail operations employed 297 people and provided $2,479,686 in wages. Retail and salvage recycling programs also diverted 3,053,177 pounds of materials from the landfill.

contracts operations - goodwill offers professional and cost-effective business solutions to commercial and government operations on a contractual basis to create training and employment options for the people we serve. Services provided include janitorial, grounds maintenance and temporary staffing. In 2017, goodwill's contracts operations cleaned 3 million square feet of space daily, maintained 120 acres of grounds weekly, and filled 64 temporary staffing assignments. These contracts created employment options for 207 individuals and provided $2,991,262 in wages.