Our mission is to improve the quality of life for all individuals by providing skills training and helping people find jobs.
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Our program participants are our reason for being. We take pride in finding the best program to help them move toward independence and success.
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By being a part of Goodwill of Central Iowa’s story, you’ve helped make a difference in our state for thousands of your neighbors.
Learn about our successIn the last 10 years, we’ve served 42,000 central Iowans with barriers to employment.
We have helped more than 5,500 find employment since 2008.
In 2018 alone, we kept 20.7 million pounds out of local landfills
October marks the 71st year of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. First celebrated in 1988, NDEAM was created to bring visibility and awareness to the national programs and organizations that help workers with different abilities to learn life skills and procure jobs based on their key talents while contributing to the workforce. Goodwill of Central […]