Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Louisiana, Inc.

Changing Lives Through the Power or Work

aka Goodwill   |   NEW ORLEANS, LA   |  http://www.goodwillno.org

Mission

Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Louisiana, Inc. offers opportunities to people with disabilities and other barriers to improve their economic self-sufficiency through training, education, support services and employment. Populations served include people with disabilities, formerly incarcerated individuals, at risk youth, homeless veterans, youth aging out of foster care, displaced workers and economically disadvantaged individuals.

Ruling year info

1949

President

Jodee Daroca

Main address

3400 Tulane Avenue Suite 1000

NEW ORLEANS, LA 70119 USA

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EIN

72-0546906

NTEE code info

Human Service Organizations (P20)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

People with disabilities and employment barriers (such as illiteracy, having a criminal background, homeless veterans) face more challenges

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Training 2 Work Reentry

Providing case management, job training, mentoring and support services for people returning home from prison.

Population(s) Served
Incarcerated people

Goodwill provides comprehensive,
individualized and evidence-based
programming that helps formerly incarcerated
citizens find and keep a job. Outreach begins
before incarcerated populations are released
from local, parish, state and federal facilities.
Wrap-around services include job training,
mentoring, case management and
employment placement services.

Population(s) Served
Incarcerated people

Independent living, experiential training and peer support, case management services. One time housing start up services for 18-26 year olds.

Population(s) Served
Adolescents

In collaboration with Unity of Greater
New Orleans, Goodwill connects homeless
veterans with disabilities to stable housing,
job training, education and employment support
services.

Population(s) Served
Veterans
Homeless people

Goodwill provides job readiness and soft
skills training, mentoring and a career
exploration curriculum to eligible at-risk and
out of school youth, between the ages of
17-24, to guide them onto a path of vocational
and educational success.

Population(s) Served
Adolescents
At-risk youth

Goodwill provides
vocational assessment, job readiness
training, supported employment and direct
employment placement services for people
with disabilities. Goodwill also provides
Pre-Employment Transition Services to youth
with disabilities to assist their transition to
post-graduation opportunities and
employment.

Population(s) Served
People with disabilities

Where we work

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Improve employment outcomes and economic self-sufficiency of populations served.

Engage formerly incarcerated populations pre-release to begin providing transitional case management and training services.
Outreach and education of employers to encourgage hiring of formerly incarcerated populations
Provide certified training programs in high demand fields to all populations served.
Provide job readiness development and support services to all populations served.

Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Louisiana has a high performing executive and senior leadership team. Its training programs are nationally certified and it operates a school program that is certified by the Louisiana Board of Regents.

Goodwill's training to work programs for formerly incarcerated has a low 10% recidivism rate. By comparison, the recidivism rate for the state of Louisiana is 48%. Goodwill provided services to 2,962 individuals in 2017 and placed 302 into sustainable employment.

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Louisiana, Inc.

Board of directors
as of 02/22/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Malcolm Meyer

Board leadership practices

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No