Goodwill provides a wide array of services to person with disabilities. All services are individually designed and tailored to meet specific individual needs.

Time Limited Services

These are services designed to assist individuals in identifying and removing barriers that prevent success in the workplace.

• Employability Assessment- A two week to two month service that supports individuals to work in various real work settings to help identify employment strengths and weakness. Each assessment is individually tailored to meet the specific needs of the individual.

• Employee Development Services- A one to twelve month work program the supports a person address identifies employment barriers within a supportive work environment

• Employee Placement Services- A variety of services to find community employment for persons ready to go to work. These services may include individualized job development services, structured job searches, job clubs or other classroom training activities.

Long Term Services

These are services for persons, whom because of the nature of their disability require long-term support services to be employed. Generally, persons participating in long-term services have developmental disabilities or chronic mental illnesses.

• Sheltered Employment Services – Working at jobs within the Goodwill system with a full range of support services. Typical jobs may include work in the Goodwill Industrial Contracts Department or in any one of our stores or donation processing units.

• Supported Employment – These are integrated jobs at community worksites for persons who require long-term support to maintain employment

  • Enclaves – An enclave is a small group of individuals working together at a community business with support provided by Goodwill. Goodwill maintains several enclave worksites at businesses in each county we provide services to.

  • Individual Placement – Persons are hired by area businesses with ongoing support provided by Goodwill.