Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries Inc

Programs: Goodwill is a leading provider of job training and career services in eastern and central massachusetts. Goodwills mission services helped individuals who faced barriers to self-sufficiency prepare for the workplace and create more rewarding and independent lives. In the year ending june 30, 2017, goodwills programs served 7,699 individuals. Placement oriented job training programs enrolled 584 individuals considered hardest to employ and offered them case management, job skills and job readiness training, on-the-job-training, placement, and post-placement services and helped 137 find jobs. Boston career link, the one-stop career center goodwill operates, assisted 6,896 individuals with career services and referrals to training programs, documented 980 placements, and engaged 134 businesses in 269 on-site recruitment sessions. Goodwills social enterprises provided work experience and a paycheck to 191 individuals in retail, housekeeping, and light assembly. (the retail program is described in part iii 4b. ) in addition, goodwill's youth initiative helped 102 young people achieve in school, graduate from high school, and transition to college or work.

the retail program is a social enterprise that benefits the community by providing job training for individuals with barriers to employment; creating jobs; and making quality, low-cost goods available so that individuals, particularly those of limited means, get the items they need at affordable prices. In the year ended june 30, 2017, goodwills retail program operated 11 goodwill stores and collected donations at 28 sites throughout eastern and central massachusetts. The retail program provided jobs and job training opportunities in collecting, sorting, distributing, merchandising, and selling donated clothing, household goods, and computers. It made interview attire and accessories available free of charge to 689 job trainees from goodwill and other community-based job training programs to help them secure jobs. In addition, it made clothing and other goods available to local non-profit organizations also serving individuals in need.