Southern Oregon Goodwill Industries

Programs: Donated goods and retail program services:southern oregon goodwill industries utilizes their retail, production, warehouse, and donation departments to provide individuals with barriers to employment transferable job skills. Individuals receive job coaching and work experience to learn soft skills and job specific skill sets that individuals can transfer to competetive employment. Goodwill accepts donations of goods from public donors and then sells these goods in their retail stores. 87% of retail revenue supports the operations that allow for the provision of employment and training, family stabilization, and community integration programs, which support individuals to gain employment and participate as active members of their communities.

workforce development program service:goodwill provides education and career services as well as job preparation/skill building classes, job placement opportunities and post-employment support to individuals with disabilities and indivuduals without who are looking for assistance in career enrichment. Individuals can achieve greater levels of self-sufficiency and economic success through southern oregon goodwill's family strengthening, financial strengthening and workforce development services, such as employment training, work experience and retention programs. Southern oregon goodwill also provides robust ged classes as well as other courses that assist an individual with ongoing educational needs, which can have a positive effect on their ability to get and keep jobs that can pull them out of poverty. Southern oregon goodwill programs strengthen communities and families and promote independence and dignity through work. In 2017, a total of 5,947 individuals visited the goodwill for services through one of our core programs; employment and training, financial literacy and education, community integration, family stabilization, and the veteran's preference program. Of the individuals enrolled in the goodwill employment and training programs, 441 people have gained employment with an average wage of $11. 13. In 2017, a total of 197,919 services were provided to individuals enrolled in one of goodwill's core programs. These services were provided by a goodwill workforce development staff member. 78 individuals were enrolled in the goodwill financial literacy program. 265 individuals were enrolled in the goodwill family stabilization program. 87 individuals participated in goodwill's community integration programs. 54 individuals received support through goodwill's supported living program. 369 individuals enrolled in one of goodwill's adult basic education programs. These individuals visited and utilized goodwill's resources over 9,000 times at one of our six job connections.

contracts/industrial services program services:southern oregon goodwill industries offers integrated competetive job training opportunities to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and/or barriers to employment through their contracts with local businesses and community partners. Goodwill offers job training through thier contracts with two of our six counties in the service industry doing commercial dishwashing.