Job connection SERVICES
Goodwill Houston is dedicated to improving the lives of individuals, families and communities by providing training, education and job-related services to people with disabilities and other barriers to employment. Goodwill's Job Connection Centers serve individuals who are unemployed or underemployed and are ready, willing and able to be productive citizens in meaningful, self-fulfilling jobs.
Job Connection Centers
713-699-6320
River Oaks
2030 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77098
Midtown Terrace
4640 Main St., Houston, TX 77002
Jackson Hinds Gardens at Independence Heights SRO
650 Thornton Rd., Houston, TX 77018
Dedicated to serving those who are ready to be productive citizens in jobs ranging from piece labor to entry level to supervisory and management positions, our Job Connection Centers offer assessment and training in business skills, computer skills, customer service, interview preparation and job readiness. With job placement services, computer and Internet access, and telephones and fax machines, we provide clients the resources they need for job success.
Also, we partner with the Mental Health Association, the Houston SRO (Single Room Occupancy) Housing Corporation, the City of Houston and more than 13 other agencies in a wide-ranging service model program to solve the issue of homelessness.
The purpose of these projects is to demonstrate the effectiveness of housing when combined with comprehensive support services. Goodwill Houston with its agency partners have agreed to provide individuals with a variety of services which include outreach, physical and mental health assessments, substance abuse treatment and intensive case management.
Goodwill Houston’s
Academy of Career Development
(DARS, Worksource Solution approved)
713-699-6311
River Oaks
2030 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77098
Licensed by the Texas Workforce Commission, Career Schools and Colleges, Goodwill Houston’s Academy of Career Development lets you learn at your own pace in a personalized environment as our instructors help you prepare for work in the clerical, financial services and customer service fields. Sign up for courses in general office skills, Microsoft Office, customer service, and accounting and bookkeeping. Scholarships available.
Aging Workers Initiative
713-699-6352
Midtown Terrace
4640 Main St., Houston, TX 77002
Our Aging Workers Initiative helps participants 55 years of age and older who have been laid off and are seeking reemployment, who need additional training to continue working beyond traditional retirement age, or who face other barriers to employment. Through Project CREW (Career Redevelopment for Experienced Workers), older workers are moved into better employment or into a new field or career path through the use of a custom-designed and innovative curriculum. Project CREW provides a variety of trainings, opportunities and resources that help prepare older workers to move their careers in the direction they desire, including finding a job in a new field and/or starting their own businesses.
Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program
713-699-6312
Midtown Terrace
4640 Main St., Houston, TX 77002
Partnering with the United States Veterans Initiative-Houston, we provide veterans with job readiness vocational training and placement. By finding veterans stable employment, we help to break the cycle of homelessness for many veterans and successfully reintegrate them back into mainstream society.
Project Good Hope
713-699-6738
River Oaks
2030 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77098
Project Good Hope finds jobs for people who are HIV positive (or live in a household with someone who is) and have a household income less than 80 percent of the area median. Our goal is to provide clients with a one-stop approach to case management, counseling, legal services, referrals, vocational training, life skills training, work readiness training, job search assistance, on-the-job assistance and supportive services, such as transportation and clothing.
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
(DARS, Ticket to Work approved)
713-699-6319
Midtown Terrace
4640 Main St., Houston, TX 77002
Ticket to Work
Goodwill Houston is an approved Employment Network (EN) provider that participates in the Ticket to Work Program. Eligible Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries with disabilities who receive a Ticket to Work can obtain employment and vocational rehabilitation services, or other employment support services from Goodwill Houston's Job Connection Centers.
Employment Support Services
Goodwill Houston offers services leading to supported employment for individuals who have most significant disabilities and for whom competitive employment has occurred, or has been interrupted or intermittant as a result of a significant disability. These services require a referral from the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS):
- Client and family orientation
- Transportation training
- Job placement
- Job skills training
- Job stabilization services that may include
- On-the-job training
- Job coaching