Contact your local Job Connection for specifics.

 The program is designed to strengthen communities by helping participants become productive, contributing members of communities; gain long-term, financially sustaining employment; find sustainable housing; and address any potential substance use or mental health needs.

Employment training opportunities are facilitated by a local community college and focus on in-demand jobs in local industries. In South Carolina, training focuses on warehouse and storage, manufacturing, and repair and maintenance.

The Goodwill® LifeLaunch: Ignite 2.0 Program is made possible with a $4.5 million young adult reentry partnership grant award from the DOL’s Employment and Training Administration, covering 84 percent of operating costs. Our Goodwill is contributing leveraged funding valued at $720,420 to cover the remaining 16 percent of operational costs.

Scope of Services

• Career exploration activities
• Case management
• Assistance with linking participants to social services
• Job-preparatory services such as a registered apprenticeship, work-based learning or work experience
• Financial aid application assistance for post-secondary education
• Tuition assistance, where financial aid is not available
• Job placement services
• Legal services, such as record expungement, diversion, modifying child support arrears, or obtaining a state driver’s license
• Follow-up services

Locations

• Greenville
• Columbia