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 are open from 8am to 4pm, Monday through Friday. The Missouri Work Assistance and Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Programs are provided from 8am to 5pm, Monday through Friday.
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), Senior Community Service employment Program (SCSEP), Pure Diversion and Sheltered Employment (St. Louis).
MERS Goodwill has Career Center offices in both Missouri and Illinois that can be viewed here.
Referral/payer sources for MERS Goodwill services include:
- Bureau of Blind Services
- Children's Division
- Community Access and Job Training
- Delmar Workforce Development
- Department of Justice
- Division of Family Services
- Division of Youth Services
- Domestic Violence Court
- EPS Rehabilitation
- Family Court Youth
- Family Court - City/County
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Federal Office of Workers Compensation
- Federal Probation and Parole
- Florissant Square Division of Workforce Development
- Fort Zumwalt School District
- Francis Howell School District
- Franklin County Board
- Illinois Division of Rehabilitation Services
- International Institute
- The Jewish Federation
- Lippman Division of Workforce Development
- Missouri Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
- Missouri Rehabilitation Services for the Blind
- Missouri Career Center
- New Beginnings
- North Oaks Division of Workforce Development
- North West Division of Workforce Development
- Productive Living Board of St. Louis County
- Project Cares
- Regional Center
- S.T.E.P.
- Simon Grant
- SLATE
- Southwest School
- Special School District
- St. Charles Division of Workforce Development
- St. Charles School District
- St. Louis Community College
- St. Louis Office for DD Resources
- St. Louis Public Schools
- St. Louis Regional Center
- St. Patrick Center
- Veterans Administration IL
- Veterans Administration Springfield, MO
- Veterans Administration St. Louis, MO
- Washington State
- Wentzville School District
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.
