FAQs
Mission Services FAQs
MERS Goodwill serves individuals with disabilities with funding through the Missouri/Illinois Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR). By meeting with a VR Counselor, you will be able to find out if you are eligible for services. That Counselor will then refer you to the appropriate program.
Our offices providing services in partnership with Vocational Rehabilitation and other employment services are open from 8am to 4pm, Monday through Friday. The Missouri Work Assistance, SkillUP, and Older Youth Programs are provided from 8am to 5pm, Monday through Friday. Workforce Innovations and Opportunities Act (WIOA) services follow the hours of the Missouri Job Centers.
Missouri/Illinois Division of Vocational Rehabilitation can be contacted at the office nearest you. Those locations can be viewed here.
Programs vary by geographic area. Please contact the MERS Goodwill location nearest you to hear about specific programs. Click here for a location near you.
MERS Goodwill works with many agencies in the community to provide vouchers to use at the retail stores on a referral basis. Unfortunately, MERS Goodwill does not give or sell their donated cars to the public. Our donated cars are sold “as is” at dealer auto auctions in St. Louis, Rolla and Springfield, Missouri. The revenue from the sale of our donated cars is used to further our mission of helping individuals with employment training and job placement services throughout the bi-state area.
Other services provided through MERS Goodwill include the Supported Living Program (funded by St. Louis Office for DD Resources in St. Louis City), Pure Diversion (in partnership with St. Louis City Family Court, funded by Children’s Division) and MERS Goodwill’s Excel Center Adult High Schools in Missouri.
MERS Goodwill has Career Center offices in both Missouri and Illinois that can be viewed here.
- Area Agencies on Aging
- Aging Ahead
- Mid-East AAA
- St. Louis AAA
- Aging Matters
- Senior Age AAA
- Aging Best
- NEMO AAA
- Egyptian AAA
- Age Smart Community Resource
- Eastern Regional Alliance
- Family Support Division
- Federal Probation and Parole
- Goodwill Industries International
- Illinois Department of Human Services, Bureau of Blind Services
- Illinois Division of Rehabilitation Services
- Jefferson County Developmental Disability Advocates
- Missouri Job Centers (find the nearest Missouri Job Center at servicelocator.org)
- Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services
- Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development
- Missouri Department of Mental Health, Regional Offices
- Missouri Division of Vocational Rehab
- Missouri Rehabilitation Services for the Blind
- New Beginnings
- Productive Living Board (St. Louis County)
- Simon Foundation
- Special School District
- St. Charles Developmental Disability Resource Board
- St. Louis Community College
- St. Louis County Domestic Violence Court
- St. Louis City Family Court
- St. Louis County Family Court
- St. Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources
- St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS)
- SLPS, Community Access and Job Training
- St. Patrick Center
- The Jewish Federation
- United Way of Greater St. Louis
- US Department of Justice
- US Department of Labor
- WDB: Central Missouri
- WDB: Jefferson-Franklin Counties
- WDB: Madison-Bond Counties
- WDB: Mid-America Illinois
- WDB: South Central Missouri
- WDB: Southeast Missouri
- WDB: Southern Illinois
Please contact your local office for information regarding referrals and fees.
Services in partnership with Missouri/Illinois Vocational Rehabilitation are provided in weekly meetings with your Case Manager or Employment Specialist.
Business Services FAQ
MERS Missouri Goodwill Industries has been in business since 1918 providing individuals with barriers to employment an opportunity to work and live more independently in the community. The Contract and Business Services Division has been actively involved and servicing the community since 1985.
Yes, MERS Goodwill Janitorial can supply and re-stock your company with all the necessary paper products, soaps, liners and any other items needed to complete the job.
We provide all the standard equipment necessary to clean our customer’s facility.
All estimates are free-of-charge. Whether through our Janitorial or Business Services Division, once we are able to secure and evaluate all the necessary information we can generally provide you with a bid / proposal within 48-72 hours.
All our cleaning personal will be in a MERS Goodwill shirt, T-shirt, golf shirt or apron. They will also be required to have an employee badge in their possession while on site.
We think it is in the best interest of both parties to have an agreement which details our specific contractual arrangement. The initial contract is typically written for one-year, with renewal options.
We are selective in our hiring process. We require that all our employees take a drug test and we conduct a criminal background screen on each potential applicant. We look for individuals who have a good work ethic and a willingness to go that extra mile to get the job done.
