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Profile: Goodwill Industries of Central Florida
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THE MISSION of Goodwill Industries of Central Florida is to provide vocational and job placement services to people with disabilities and other barriers to employment so that they may gain long-term employment, improve their lives, and become full participating members of our community. SINCE 1959, Goodwill Industries of Central Florida has been forging what is truly a community partnership to provide services to people with disabilities and special needs in Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Brevard, Lake and Volusia counties. The process is simple: you donate unneeded goods, we sell those goods in our stores, and we use the income to pay for employability programs and services, which we provide free to the people who need them most. "Together, We're Building Lives that Work" DID YOU KNOW . . .?- The Activity of Building Lives in 2007 Goodwill Industries Had Major Impact in the Central Florida area: Community Services
WORK ACTIVITY CENTER
PROJECT COMPASS
DIRECT PLACEMENT SERVICES
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More than 90% of the revenue Goodwill spends is channeled directly into a fully staffed and unique Vocational and Community Services program. Our trained professionals help the disadvantaged remove employment barriers such as welfare dependency, illiteracy, homelessness, language barriers, criminal history, lack of job skills and chronic unemployment. We also serve those with developmental, physical or emotional disabilities, or behavioral disorders. Our many programs and services are listed below. Please 
The Work Activity Center is a cooperative program between Goodwill Industries and Orange County Public Schools' (OCPS) Exceptional Student Education (ESE) Department. The program caters to the special educational needs of Orange County's disabled high school students ages 19-22, and includes a pre-vocational curriculum co-authored by Goodwill and OCPS, and taught by OCPS instructors on-site at Goodwill. The program fosters independent living through life skills training that includes learning how to cook, handle money, travel outside the home, shop for necessities, etc. In addition, students learn transferable job skills to enhance employment opportunities beyond graduation from the program.
Project COMPASS is a comprehensive vocational program that points non-violent, youth offenders, ages 14 through 18, in the right direction. Most of the young adults in the program are referred to Goodwill Industries by the Juvenile Division of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court. Referrals are also obtained through the Orange County Public Schools and through parental recommendations. In cooperation with Orange County Public Schools' Alternative Education Department, this program helps young adults achieve their academic or work-related goals so that they may become law-abiding citizens who contribute to the progress of our community. Through a holistic approach, including classroom instruction, job clubs, work experience and community involvement, participants develop employability skills, work behaviors and life skills, equipping them either for successful employment or readjustment to school.
Individuals with disabilities and vocationally disadvantaging conditions are provided placement assistance to gain long-term employment through career counseling, job skills training, job development, job analysis and matching, and short-term job coaching. The professional placement staff members act as liaisons between the employer and the participant and provide on-the-job adjustment assistance and training when necessary. They are also available for follow-up with participants and employers to ensure continued job success and satisfaction