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 Service 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 Service Centers
River Oaks Job Connection
2030 Westheimer
Houston, TX 77098San Jacinto Job Connection
3121 San Jacinto
Houston, TX 77004Meyerland Job Connection
9606 Hillcroft
Houston, TX 77096Richmond Job Connection
3000 Richmond
Houston, TX 77098Goodwill Houston Corporate Job Connection
1140 West Loop North
Houston, TX 77055Heights Programs and Services Job Connection
215 W. 20th
Houston, TX 77008
River Oaks Job Connection (ROJC) and THRIVE
713-590-3123
River Oaks
2030 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77098
The River Oaks Job Connection Center helps individuals with barriers to employment find jobs through personal development workshops, job search assistance, life and financial skills training, and vocational and technology skills training. The THRIVE project, funded by United Way of Greater Houston, helps families achieve financial stability by providing them with the tools they need to gain a life of greater financial independence. River Oaks Job Connection specializes in helping clients who are HIV positive or live in a household with someone who is.
Meyerland Job Connection Center (MLJC)
832-900-7454
Meyerland
9606 Hillcroft, Houston, TX 77096
The Meyerland Job Connection Center helps individuals with barriers to employment find jobs through personal development workshops, job search assistance, life and financial skills training, and vocational and technology skills training. MLJC specializes in helping clients who are age 55+ and have been displaced from the workforce.
Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP)
713-699-6351
San Jacinto Job Connection
3121 San Jacinto, Houston, TX 77004
Partnering with the United States Veterans Initiative-Houston, HVRP provides veterans with job training and placement. By finding stable employment, we help to break the cycle of homelessness for many veterans and successfully re-integrate them back into mainstream society.
Operation: Good Jobs (OGJ) and Veterans Services
713-699-6351
Midtown Terrace
4640 Main St., Houston, TX 77002
The Wal-Mart Foundation and Goodwill Houston fund these programs to help veterans and their family members train for in-demand jobs. OGJ especially focuses on veterans returning from tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan to a difficult job market. Program participants not only launch careers in the civilian world, but also receive supportive services and training in good principles of personal financial management.
Incarcerated Veterans Training Program (IVTP)
713-699-6345
Midtown Terrace
4640 Main St., Houston, TX 77002
The Incarcerated Veterans Training Program (IVTP) provides employment services to veterans who are currently incarcerated and within 18 months of release, or have been released from incarceration in the last six months.
Female Veteran and Veterans with Families Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (FHVRP)
832-900-7468
3000 Richmond,
Suite 355
Houston, Texas 77098
The Female Veteran and Veterans with Families Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (FHVRP) provides employment services to homeless veterans who are female and / or custodial parents of minor children.
Community Rehabilitation Services
(DARS, Ticket to Work approved)
832-431-4471
1140 West Loop North
Houston, TX 77055
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 Service 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
Civic Justice Corps (CJC)
713-699-6305
215 W. 20th
Houston, TX 77008
The Civic Justice Corps program helps formerly incarcerated individuals ages 18-24 coming out of the juvenile justice system reconnect with their communities through community service and educational opportunities.
Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF)
713-699-6362
San Jacinto Job Connection
3121 San Jacinto, Houston, TX 77004
Provides case management and temporary financial assistance for low-income veteran families who are homeless or at risk of being homeless. Financial assistance for child care, transportation, rental assistance, utility-fee payment assistance, security deposits, utility deposits, moving costs, and emergency supplies is available for eligible veterans. Assistance also includes applying for VA benefits and other programs.
Finding Employment For Ex-Offenders (FEXO)
832-900-7455
3000 Richmond, Suite 355
Houston, TX 77098
The FEXO program works with people coming out of prison or jail to help them get their lives back on track. It helps participants train for a career, find and keep a job, and connect with other important services such as housing and medical care.