Goodwill Industries of Central East Texas Inc

“The 990 is reviewed by the executive director and the senior director of finance. The audit committe reviews, recommends approval, and presents the 990 for approval to the board of directors at a board meeting before it is filed.”

“Once a year, the board members are required to review and sign the conflict of interest policy.”

“The executive committee reviews the ceo's performance annually in january. They review the accomplishments of the organization and the financial statements for the previous year and check the national cost of living adjustment. The ceo's salary is compared with those of other goodwill organizations.”

“The documents are provided upon the receipt of a request.”

“Goodwill partners with workforce solutions deep east texas to oversee the new ccs program, which provides financial assistance for childcare to low- income families in the 12-county deep east texas region in order to help them find/retain employment and participate in training/education programs as they work to improve their lives and the lives of their children.”

“Every team member in dgr has two roles: 1.) doing the job he or she was hired to do and 2.) serving as a trainer/coach for clients with disabilities & other barriers to employment while these clients receive real-world on-the-job training in our dgr facilities. In 2017, goodwill served 22,074 donors and 80,557 customers through the dgr program. Goodwill also collected 1,677,624 pounds of donations at our donation centers, sold 692,107 pounds of donations in the stores, and recycled 562,394 pounds of donations in our post-retail/recycling department. The dgr program provided 1,164,465 in revenue to support our mission and diverted 75% (1,254,501 pounds) of the donations we collected from the landfill. Throughout 2017, goodwill employed 167 people, including short-term, paid on-the-job training clients, with 28% of those having disabilities. Goodwill paid 1,681,013 in wages and benefits, including 342,958 to people with disabilities.”

“Resulted in the following outcomes: persons served earned 314 postsecondary certifications 41 people were placed into competitive employment with an average hourly wage of 8.48. Goodwill's free vita site had the following results: 746 tax returns were prepared for low-income families. Tax revenue of 638,429 in tax revenue was returned to our communities (including 253,900 in earned income tax and child tax credits). Vita also saved clients 202,166 in tax preparation fees, putting those funds back into the pockets of local consumers. Furthermore, 100% of clients participating in the vita program also received financial education training while having their tax returns prepared, and of those, 94% reported increasing their knowledge due to the training.”

“Child care services program: goodwill also partners with workforce solutions deep east texas to oversee the child care services (ccs) program, which provides financial assistance/subsidies for childcare to low-income families in the 12-county deep east texas region in order to help them find/retain employment and/or participate in training/education programs as they work to improve their lives and the lives of their children. Once approved to participate in the program, the children of eligible parents are referred to quality childcare providers for care. The ccs program also provides participating childcare providers and staff with quality assessment, training, and mentoring to assist them in improving the quality of care they provide to children and families in the ccs program. In 2017, the ccs program yielded the following results: a total of 6,801 (4,174 parents, 2,454 children, and 173 staff from participating child care providers) were served. Services provided totaled 37,312. 6,192,492 in child care subsidies were provided to parents for quality child care. 2,454 referrals to quality childcare providers were made. Child care provider staff received over 1,000 hours of quality training and one-on-one coaching/mentoring resulting in 173 post-secondary credentials attained by the providers.”