DONATE ABOUT The Goodwill Life Guides Program is a 20-year commitment to families who want to exit poverty. Working with a Life Guide coach, families set goals to move toward self-sufficiency. At the end of the program, the youngest family member (child 0-3 at program entry) will have graduated from high school (or a high school equivalency program), entered post-secondary education or trade school, and exited poverty by earning a living wage for their family size. SUPPORT Getting out of poverty takes an enormous amount of energy, time, and patience. Add in the need for resources and support, and it becomes a challenge that seems impossible. Financial Coaching In financial coaching, families will work on setting short and long term goals to reach self-sufficiency. A main goal is to educate and encourage healthy, manageable money habits. Each one-on-one session with the financial coach, will build on resolving the financial challenges a family can face. Each family is different and services provided will vary. Counseling Counseling services are offered through Goodwill and are free of charge to Life Guide participants. Counseling provides a safe and comfortable environment where clients can work through life’s challenges in a way that promotes understanding, insight, growth, and resilience. Times of challenge or crisis can be great opportunities for growth and healing, as individuals, and in our relationships with others. Counseling is available for adults and youth via individual, couple, parent/child and group sessions. . Employment Services Our dedicated Life Guides’ Employment Coordinator is able to schedule weekly meetings with you to work on a wide array of skills leading to higher paying, more stable employment. One of the main goals of the Life Guides programs is for families to make a living wage for their family size. Employment Services provided: Career Coaching Job Development Resume Building/Critique Interview Skills & Mock Interviews Employability Skills Employer Relations Resource Navigation Moving towards self-sufficiency, our Life Guides Resource Navigator will connect families to resources in their community while teaching strategies to utilize these resources in future. Appointments can be made weekly or as needed. Navigation assists families with: State Emergency Relief Childcare Resources DHHS Paperwork: Medicaid & Food Assistance Parenting Classes Child Safety/Diapers/Baby Needs Utilities Assistance Programs After-School & Summer Camps Subscribe To Our Newsletter ! No spam emails! You will only receive 2 things. 1: Sales. 2: Stories of how your support helps. SUBSCRIBE NOW Goodwill Industries of Southwestern Michigan is a 501c3 Nonprofit company. 92% of every dollar generated goes into our programs. No the CEO does not make millions of dollars a year and Mark Curran does not exist – See Here. Navigation Donate Locations Fork Lift Certification Computer Education Adult Education Privacy Policy Job Development Why Work Program Workers on Wheels Sorting & Kitting Services Electronic Recycling Warehousing & Distribution Apparel Printing Headquarters 420 E. Alcott, Kalamazoo, MI 49001 Phone: (269) 382-0490 © GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN 2020 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED