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Jobs and training O ur programs help more than 10,000 Mainers every year get the job training and careers they need to support themselves and their fami- lies. Goodwill's Workforce Services "upskills" Maine workers and helps them get jobs at local businesses. Goodwill created a robust team approach to workforce development. Our Workforce Services teams have specialized members who focus on each part of a person's life, working together to provide a more holistic approach to support. Our Life Naviga- tors help break down any barriers to a person's success, including things like unsafe housing, lack of transpor- tation, unreliable childcare, food inse- curity and more. We all know life can get in the way of work – that's where our Life Navigators offer support to ensure nothing stands in the way of someone's path to personal stability. Goodwill also offers customized workforce programs to young people, people with disabilities, people re- cently 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. Disability Services We believe in offering adults with disabilities the opportunity to live and work as independently as possible in their communities. Goodwill operates two NeuroRehab clinics (in Scarborough and Lewiston) where we help people get back to life after an acquired brain injury. Goodwill also operates 18 staffed group homes for adults with disabili- ties in Maine. At LifeWorks, our direct support professionals in Augusta, Lewiston, Westbrook, Scarborough and Water- ville provide skills training in in- dependent living, work readiness, relationship building, self-advocacy and health. Goodwill's motto is, "a hand up, not a handout." 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