Goodwill of Central and Coastal Virginia

Workforce development servicesgoodwill provides programs to assist job seekers facing challenges to employment obtain, maintain and grow sustainable careers. The organization also provides ongoing services to individuals with disabilities. Through its career development institute and Goodwill academy, individuals can earn a paycheck while receiving paid, on-the-job training. Services and trainings offered through the career development institute and Goodwill academy include soft skills, life skills, customer service training, and one-on-one career advising and planning.career development institute ( Goodwill academy)

Commercial and government services--goodwill provides job training and employment to people with disabilities and other challenges through its related entity, Goodwill services, Inc. (gsi), which provides services under contracts with government and commercial enterprises. In 2022, gsi operated 4 federal "ability one" contracts at 13 sites including military installations, federal courthouses and the internal revenue service. Services include janitorial, warehousing, logistics and supply fulfillment.

Donated goods--through our donated goods social enterprise, Goodwill collects, processes and resells donated items in order to provide and sustain workforce development services. Goodwill's territory encompasses 44 cities and counties in which we operate 34 retail stores-all of which accept donated goods-as well as 6 free-standing attended donation centers. Goodwill also operates three retail outlets that sell goods by the pound, as well as two electronics retail stores. Goodwill resells goods that do not sell in the retail environment to buyers of textiles, plastics, metals and paper, and provides a brokering service to several other goodwills to resell unsold items, and also sells items by live auction. In 2023, Goodwill processed more than 54,000,000 pounds of goods and kept 22,000,000 pounds out of landfills, including in excess of 1 million pounds of electronics.