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- EIN 58-2402364
- (478) 475-9995
- 5171 Eisenhower Pkwy Macon GA 31206-5309 USA
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Causes: Job Training, Sheltered Employment
Mission: Good vocations, in conjunction with sourceamerica (formerly nish) and the abilityone program have been working together to give a better quality of life by providing individuals with disabilities access to employment through training and placement into meaningful jobs via contracts at robins air force base and fort gordon. In 2014 the program provided 236,292 job training hours to good vocations employees and clients at an average wage of $13. 16. Good vocations' commissary workers stocked over 980 thousand cases of groceries and custodial workers cleaned over 5 million square feet each day. Every day good vocations employees give their best to take care of those who serve our country.
Programs: See schedule o for detailsat the core of good vocations mission is the belief that work and the dignity of a paycheck provide the first steps toward achieving the american dream. In pursuit of that mission, good vocations, in conjunction with sourceamerica (formerly nish) and the abilityone program, provides individuals with disabilities access to employment through training and placement into meaningful jobs via contracts at robins air force base (rafb) in warner robins, ga. , and fort gordon in augusta, ga. More than 80 percent of the direct labor hours worked on these federal contracts are performed by individuals with moderate to severe disabilities. In 2014 this program provided 236,292 job-training hours to good vocations employees and clients. Through two good vocations commissary contracts at rafb and fort gordon, workers stocked more than 980 thousand cases of groceries. The rafb contract, first signed in 1980, was the first of its kind in the united states; the fort gordon contract has been in place since 1995. Additionally, good vocations custodial service employees, who are certified by the cleaning management institute, are responsible for cleaning more than 5 million square feet each day at rafb and fort gordon.