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Causes: Goodwill Industries, Job Training
Mission: Provide rehabilitation, training, opportunities for personal and economic advancement, and employment services to people with severe disabilities and other barriers.
Programs: Landmark services, inc. Assisted 59 individuals with significant disabilities in obtaining productive and valuable training and employment. This was accomplished primarily through federal contracts obtained under the abilityone program (formerly the javits-wagner-o'day program), a program with a clear purpose to harness the abilities of people with severe disabilities. Sourceamerica (formerly nish) is a national nonprofit that uses the tremendous purchasing power of the united states government to partner with community nonprofit agencies, such as landmark, to provide training and to create jobs for a dedicated and highly qualified workforce - people with significant disabilities. Landmark's contracts involved janitorial and maintenance services at facilities owned by the federal government.