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<\/p>\nThe Goodwill Industries of Dallas is launching the second phase of its \u201cPathways to Placement\u201d program in partnership with the city\u2019s Workforce Dallas initiative to help residents aged 25-64 seeking career opportunities.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, the nonprofit\u2019s leaders and Lynn McBee, the city\u2019s workforce czar, kicked off an event celebrating the program at a distribution center in West Dallas. <\/p>\n
The program, which builds on an intervention that engaged more than 600 residents, will provide support to individuals entering high-demand fields like logistics and health care. Current certification programs include forklift operation, logistics technician and upcoming health care pathways. <\/p>\n
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Lynn McBee, workforce development czar for the city of Dallas, trades the podium with Tim Heis, Goodwill Industries of Dallas president and CEO, during an event on the city\u2019s workforce readiness program on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Dallas.<\/p>\n
Smiley N. Pool \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we did in the last two and a half years is we really proved up a model, earning trust in the community, engaging with job seekers, placing people in jobs, and we\u2019ve had success,\u201d McBee told The Dallas Morning News. \u201cBut to scale something like this, you need to operationalize it. And Goodwill has been doing work in the adult space.\u201d<\/p>\n
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By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n Texas represents the world\u2019s eighth-largest economy, and as more and more residents move in to the Metroplex in search of high-paying jobs, officials across the city \u2014 from nonprofits to the city government \u2014 have been looking for ways to also support homegrown talents overcome barriers<\/a> that range from having fewer opportunities<\/a> to access credential programs to adequate transportation, housing and childcare. <\/p>\n \u201cLast year, Goodwill Dallas supported 1,600 individuals and placed 505 in jobs, while Workforce Dallas engaged 3,000 job seekers and placed 665,\u201d said Lauren Holloway, Goodwill Dallas\u2019 vice president of Mission and Advancement.<\/p>\n The program aims to serve 2,500 individuals in 2026, with goals of obtaining 80% credential completion and 70% job placement within 60 days of completing the program, Holloway said. Participants are expected to earn an average starting wage of $18 per hour, she said.<\/p>\n Workers are seen in the warehouse at Goodwill Industries on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Dallas.<\/p>\n Smiley N. Pool \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n Specific health care certifications in development include certified medical assistant, sterile processing technician, and phlebotomist. The program leverages a partnership with Dallas College, which will provide on-site instructors at Goodwill\u2019s West Dallas headquarters, Holloway said.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the city and the community, it\u2019s about expanding opportunity, restoring dignity, and strengthening the city that we all call home,\u201d Holloway said. The training will be hosted at Goodwill\u2019s headquarters to reduce transportation barriers and provide comprehensive support, including on-site success coaches who help participants develop soft skills and workplace professionalism.<\/p>\n The program also offers end-to-end support, from initial certification through job placement \u2014 along with 30-, 60-, and 90-day employment retention checks. <\/p>\n Tim Heiss, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of Dallas, said chronic barriers can often come from experiences with homelessness, incarceration or gaps in job history. \u201cOur first promise to people is a fair chance and opportunity,\u201d Heiss said. <\/p>\n Tapping into what Heiss described as a \u201cperson-centered\u201d approach, Goodwill\u2019s programs seek to help workers move up with experience and be gainfully employed wherever they go next. He added that the nonprofit reinvests the better part of its proceeds from sales \u2014 89 cents versus two to three cents from for-profit thrift stores \u2014 back into workforce development programs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Goodwill Industries of Dallas is launching the second phase of its \u201cPathways to Placement\u201d program in partnership…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,106,104,103,287],"class_list":{"0":"post-19388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-city-hall","10":"tag-dallas-headlines","11":"tag-dallas-news","12":"tag-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Workers](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/T66HVFJVKBCYJEYESHAGF6L2ZE.jpg\")
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