Heart Of Texas Goodwill Industries

Programs: Goodwill industries utilizes its retail stores to provide on-the-job training to people with disabilties, people with disadvantages and others having a hard time finding employment. Goodwill accepts clothing and other household donated goods from the public and sells these donations in goodwill community-based retail stores. Revenue from the sale of these goods goes directly toward supporting and growing critical community-based programs and job placement services.

goodwill provides education and career services, as well as job placement opportunities and support to individuals with disabilties and other challenges to employment so that they can find and keep good jobs. Individuals can achieve greater levels of self-sufficiency and economic success throughout goodwill's family strenthening and workforce development services - such as employment, training, and education, work experience, employment retention services, computer literacy training, and computer skills enhancement training. Goodwill programs strengthen communities and families and promote independence and dignity for people who need it most.

the transportation department provides logistical support between various retail stores and production centers. In addition, they pick up larger donated items from donors. It also provides on-the-job training to people with disabilities, people with disadvantages, and others having difficulty finding employment.

programs are designed to actively pursue the full participation in society of people with disabilties and disadvantages. Goodwill industries creates employment and job-training opportunities for people who have significant disabilities or other challenges to employment by providing contract work for the state and local government and other community partners. Current contracts offer opportunities in data entry and legal service. Goodwill industries' salvage program takes donated textile, shoes, cardboard, and metal items that are not sold in our retail program and sells them to recycling centers or salvage buyers. This program also provides on-the-job training to people with disabilities and disadvantages. Revenue from the sale of these items goes directly toward supporting and growing critical community based programs and job placement services as well as keeping those items from going into local landfills.