Goodwill provides jobs, skills training and placement services for people who want to go to work. We serve people with disabilities, disadvantages and other challenges so they can achieve success and independence through employment. We also have retail stores full of great values, and donation sites for you to recycle your reusable items.
 
Longview Goodwill, a division of Tacoma Goodwill, has served people in Cowlitz County since 1962 and in Centralia (Lewis County) since 1977. Our retail stores provide the main source of revenue for our vocational programs. Your quality donations make all the difference!

Longview Goodwill recently opened a new store site and program offices in Longview at 1030 15th Ave. Call 360.425.6929 for information. Click here to read about the new store and offices.

Longview Goodwill recently held an opening of a new store and program office at 1030 15th Ave. in Longview. On hand for the event were red-jacketed Kelso Longview Chamber of Commerce ambassadors with (from left, holding scissors) chamber President/CEO Rick Winsman, Tacoma Goodwill COO Ken Lund, Longview Mayor Pro Tem Kurt Anagnostou, and Longview Store Manager Pam Yanez.
Photo by Brian DalBalcon Photography, Inc.

Vocations Unlimited
Vocations Unlimited is the Vocational Services Department of Longview Goodwill. The Vocations Unlimited office is located at 1030 15th Ave. in Longview. Call 360.425.6929 for information.

In addition to the programs featured below, vocational services available include:
-  Community-based assessments 
-  Individual support services 
-  Job training (retail sales, clerical, production, computer skills) 
-  Job placement 
-  Retention services 
-  Community access programs for developmentally disabled 
-  Services for the hearing and sight impaired, staff fluent in ASL 
 
Ex-offender Program
Job preparation services for ex-offenders are also available. Grants from the state Employment Security's Offender Employment Services and the Community Foundation of Southwest Washington support this valuable effort to help ex-offenders join the workforce to lead productive lives.
 
Older Worker Program (SCSEP)
Cowlitz, Lewis and Clark County seniors (55+) who are low-income and seeking employment can apply for temporary subsidized, part-time community service work to build current work skills and develop a current work history. Participants receive counseling in creation of an Individual Employment Plan, orientation and training specific to the community service assignment, support counseling and other benefits. In Longview and Cowlitz County please call Paul Hite at 360.425.6929 for information on the Senior Community Service Employment Plan (SCSEP). In Chehalis, Centralia and the rest Lewis County, or Rochester in Thurston County, please call Deanna Mason at 360.740.6870.