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Jobs and training Our programs help more than 10,000 Mainers every year get the job train- ing and careers they need to support themselves and their families. Good- will's Workforce Services "upskills" Maine's workers, and helps get them jobs at local businesses. Goodwill created a robust team ap- proach to workforce development. Our Workforce Services teams have spe- cialized members who focus on each part of a person's life, working together to provide a more holistic approach to support. Our Life Navigators help break down any barrier's to a person's success, including things like unsafe housing, lack of transportation, unre- liable childcare, food insecurity and more. We all know life can get in the way of work – that's where our Life Navigation helps ensure nothing stands in the way of someone's path to personal stability. Goodwill also offers specialized programs to young people, people with disabilities, people recently laid off from a job, manages AmeriCorps programs, and more. Stores Goodwill stores keep millions of pounds of stuff out of local landfills each year and offer a great reuse buying option to people in our community at affordable prices. The stores also provide stable, flexible jobs for folks for whom it might be their first job or their fifteenth. Healthcare programs Goodwill's healthcare programs serve people affected by a disability or brain injury. We operate two NeuroRehab clinics (in Scarborough and Lewiston) where we help people get back to life after an acquired brain injury. Goodwill also operates 22 staffed group homes for adults with disabilities in Maine. Lifeworks We believe in offering adults with dis- abilities the opportunity to live and work as independently as possible in their communities. Our direct support professionals in Augusta, Lewiston, Portland, Scarborough and Waterville provide skills training in independent living, work readiness, relationship building, self-advocacy and health. Goodwill's motto is, "A hand up, not a hand out." It's part of our mission to teach people the skills to achieve personal stability. Personal stability looks different for everyone, which is why Goodwill Northern New England provides supports and services through workforce, healthcare and cleaning that help any person get to stability. When you shop or donate to Goodwill, you support that work Learn more at GoodwillNNE.org