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Drug-Free Workforce Promising Practice
Nearly 10,000 Goodwill clients have a history of substance abuse. Central to our mission is helping them succeed in the workplace.
-Jeff Foley
National Workforce Consultant
Goodwill Industries International, Inc.
Goodwill Industries International, Inc. is one of the world’s largest nonprofit providers of workforce development and career services for people with disabilities and a wide variety of barriers to employment, including substance abuse problems. In 2002, more than 580,000 people in North America benefited from Goodwill career services.
Goodwill’s 166 local agencies operate workforce centers and provide support services and training programs in 94 percent of the nation’s counties. Another seven agencies are based in Canada, and 33 Goodwill agencies operate in 22 other countries around the globe. Goodwill offers a comprehensive array of workforce development services, including outreach, assessment and vocational evaluation, case management, job readiness training, skills training for a range of industries, on-the-job training, work experience and job placement, as well as retention and follow-up services.
Goodwill also provides people with extensive support services such as drug counseling, outpatient programs for adolescents, transitional housing for people in the early stages of recovery from addiction, childcare, English as a Second Language training and transportation assistance. While the Goodwill model is international in scope, key to its success is that local agencies align their services with the needs and work opportunities of the communities in which they operate. This strategy allows Goodwill to offer programs tailored to each individual, especially critical when addressing problems with substance abuse.
To meet the complex and varied needs of local communities, Goodwill partners with a broad range of government agencies, local service providers, and nonprofit organizations and foundations, such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families agencies; Workforce Investment Boards; Social Security Administration; U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development and Labor; American Association of Retired Persons; Job Corps; National Council on Aging; National Youth Employment Coalition; Rotary International; Urban League; Annie E. Casey Foundation and Hitachi Foundation. Corporate partners include Bank of America; CVS Pharmacy; Gateway Country, First National Bank; National Retail Federation; A.G. Edwards; and Clarian Health Partners.
Want to learn more?
Jeff Foley
National Workforce Consultant
Goodwill Industries International, Inc.
9200 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20814
Phone: (240) 333-5366
E-mail: jeff.foley@goodwill.org
Internet:www.goodwill.org
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