Goodwill Industries of Central Texas

Assisted employment retailgoodwill retail locations drive over 60% of the total revenue to fund no cost education, career training, and job placement services for people who are marginalized in our community. Retail stores also serve as transitional employment sites offering training, work experience, and income for people with obstacles to work, while select locations house career centers providing one-on-one career services and access to education/training programs. Gct also provides one-on-one career coaching to eligible dgr team members to help people meet their basic needs, identify their career goals, and obtain the skills necessary to meet those goals. See schedule o for continued explanation. In 2018, Goodwill retail stores provided employment to 2,795 people, of which 1,055 were individuals with a disability or barrier to employment.

Business solutionsgoodwill stores. In 2018, 1,138 individuals were served through gsg, with 1,133 placed into temporary or temporary to permanent positions. One-on-one support is provided to eligible individuals to assist in helping them move from temporary to permanent employment including basic needs assistance, soft skills training, and career coaching.

Workforce advancement/excel center charter schoolpeople who are marginalized, often living in poverty or making less than a living wage, receive one-on-one case management/coaching including soft skills and job search training, job readiness training, financial/digital literacy classes, internships, no cost basic needs assistance and access to mental health services, job training, and job placement services. Participants may earn a high school diploma, train for an in-demand industry recognized credential or complete a ged to assist in moving towards a career, not a job. In 2018, gct served 10,023 people through 92,379 mission services, and placed people into 3,076 jobs. See schedule o for continued explanation.180 people graduated from the excel center, the only public high school in Texas serving students ages 18-50, and 252 people completed training for an industry recognized credential at the Goodwill career & technical academy.