We provide services in partnerships with county developmental disability boards in our eight counties, the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities, and Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities. These partners refer individuals to Goodwill for services.
While the core of the individuals Goodwill assists have developmental disabilities, we don’t stop there. We aim to help anyone with barriers to employment including veterans, the elderly, and those with mental health disorders, in recovery from drug addiction, and criminal backgrounds.
Providing services at no cost wouldn’t be possible without donors across our eight counties providing items to sell in our stores. More than 58,400 donors provided items to our Goodwill stores in 2020.
We also turned 3,600 pounds of unsold clothing – usually cotton t-shirts – into rags to sell to local businesses and factories, and we recycled 1.6 million pounds of textiles. Goodwill of South Central Ohio also generates revenue through Medicaid reimbursement when applicable and by selling protective gloves to businesses and public agencies like correctional facilities and schools.