If you or a loved one has a disability, we can provide customized services to help you. Goodwill is committed to helping people make the most of their abilities and move beyond a job into a career. Our employment and support services are targeted to your specific needs to help you obtain and keep a competitive job.

What is Ticket to Work?

Ticket to Work is a free program designed to help Social Security beneficiaries go to work. Individuals receiving SSDI can work for at least 9 months and still receive their full benefits regardless of their work earnings. Goodwill Industries Big Bend, Inc. offers the following services:

  • Career Path Developing

  • Skill and Aptitude Tests

  • Job Searches

  • Resume Building

  • Interview Skills

  • Job Fair Preparation

What is the goal of Ticket to Work through Goodwill?

We want to do more than just help you find a job; we want to help you find your future! We believe that being active in the work force provides more than a paycheck – it builds confidence. We want to help you reach your fullest potential!

Goodwill Industries- Big Bend, Inc. is a vendor for vocational rehabilitation services and contracts with the Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency. If you are interested in receiving your vocational rehabilitation services from Goodwill Industries, please contact your Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor. Once your DVR Counselor sends us a referral, we will be able to work with you!

Contact the Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation at (800) 451-4327. Contact the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency at (229) 225-4045.

If you have already been referred to Goodwill Industries- Big Bend, Inc. for services which were interrupted by COVID-19, please search your email for correspondence from your Employment Specialist.

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Who is qualified?

Goodwill’s Ticket to Work Program services all individuals with disabilities who desire to get back to work and want to become independent from Social Security benefits. To quality, individuals must:

  • Be between the ages of 18 and 64

  • Be currently receiving SSI or SSDI

For more information:

Sign up to attend the Live TTW Workshop by clicking this link.

To register now:

If you meet the requirements listed above, complete the questionnaire below and someone from our team will reach out to you.