Goodwill Industries of New Mexico

During 2022, ginm served 14,978 individuals in these programs and placed 1,314 of those individuals into community-based employment. Ginm has retail stores and program staff in albuquerque, bernalillo, rio rancho, los lunas, santa fe, gallup, farmington, roswell, clovis, and espanola, at which donations of New or gently used items are accepted from the public. Donations are processed and sold in Goodwill stores. Items not sold are recycled. Revenue from stores and recycling operations fund Goodwill programs and services in all 33 counties of New Mexico. Specific programs and services provided by ginm include the following: gateway to work designed for employers. Ginm assists in providing local companies with qualified, pre-screened candidates at no cost. The benefits to the employer are: they can source qualified candidates, they have discretion over hiring, they can attend interview events that bring business and candidates together, and participate in ginm sponsored career fairs. Goodjobs - designed to help people find long-term employment in the community that meets their needs, abilities, and interests. Program components include job search skills, resume' writing, interviewing techniques, employer expectations, post-employment retention skills, and support. Goodskills - comprehensive job readiness training, including hiring essentials (e.g., creating a resume', interviewing skills, and how to apply for jobs) and computer basics (e.g., training in microsoft excel and microsoft word). Homeless veterans' reintegration program - focuses on placing homeless veterans in long-term employment and providing social services. Services provided include classroom training, job search activities, job preparation, subsidized trial employment, on-the-job training, job placement, placement follow-up services, vocational counseling, case management, referrals, and housing assistance. Senior community service employment program - provides low-income seniors 55+ with work experience and training to assist them in securing permanent community-based employment. In addition to subsidized training opportunities, the program provides job development and placement, job clubs, post-placement support, direct services to employers, and referrals. Supportive services for veteran families - helps stabilize housing for very-low-income veterans and their families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Under this program, ginm assists with move-in-costs, rent and past due rent, security deposits, moving/storage, utilities and past due utilities, utility deposits, childcare, emergency supplies, case management, community referrals, assistance with veterans affairs and other public benefits. Trialworks - temporary, paid training in retail skills and green skills (forklift operations, materials processing and retail). Participants are limited to veterans enrolled in our veterans family services program. This program provides job development, education and training, and job readiness skills. Veteran family services - a program specific to veterans and their family members that assist them in securing long-term community based employment while providing comprehensive case management services. Participants who enter the veteran family services program are provided with employment skills training and assigned to a case manager. They work with their case manager to discover which path they would like to take and what field of work they would like to join. From there, they may access other avenues offered by Goodwill, including goodjobs, goodskills, and trialworks. Pa training - provides a two-day intensive introduction into pa production work. The class is taught by local assistant directors working on New mexican productions. Graduates of the program have the skills necessary to begin work on production immediately. Next steps - provides support for common reentry challenges experienced by individuals returning to the community from incarceration. Participants enter the program pre-release and continue program participation post- release. Participants are provided case management, job placement services, classroom training, and post employment retention support with the goal of reducing recidivism in New Mexico.