Program areas at GICO
Goodwill operates retail stores, attended donation centers, a job connection center, and other facilities across Central Oklahoma. Through our donated goods retail operation,we employed over 1,500 employees during 2022. In addition to traditional retail employment opportunities, Goodwill operates various training and on-the-job programs designed to assist individuals in acquiring job readiness skills and career advancement opportunities geared towards defining an employee's career goals. Goodwill also offers an employee resource program, begin-at-home, for employees facing barriers such as food insecurity, childcare, transportation and housing, among other items. _
Goodwill's supportive services for veteran families program (ssvf) exists to provide temporary supportive services to very low-income veteran families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Through ssvf rapid re-housing and homelessness prevention services, veteran households will be supported in maintaining long-term housing stability. Services provided within the ssvf program include the following: outreach, case management, employment consultants, benefit specialists, housing navigators, legal assistance, emergency housing stability assistance, temporary financial assistance, va benefits assistance, public and community assistance, and referrals to other services.
As a full-service contractor, Goodwill has provided professional janitorial and unarmed security services for more than 20 years to local agencies and commercial businesses in Central Oklahoma. Through this initiative, Goodwill has employed hundreds of employees over two decades, advancing our mission through the power of work.