The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians announced a $4 million grant to provide employment services in the Inland Empire. Read more here.
Our N.E. Los Angeles Employment Center was featured in this abc7 segment on the difficulties restaurants are facing as they reopen – in filling jobs.  Watch the TV segment here.

Who Qualifies?

  • Age 18 through 64
  • Receive SSI or SSDI
  • Employed or Unemployed
  • Participation is completely free and voluntary
  • To receive services -> enrollment is required

Employment Services and Support:

  • Services are provided virtually or in person (by appointment)
  • Assistance with resume writing and cover letters
  • Employment application guidance and support
  • Job interview preparation
  • Networking skills
  • Job searching skills
  • Work with you to located job leads via internet searches, hiring events, and employer outreach
  • Workplace accommodations planning
  • Advocacy and community referral resources
  • Collaborate with your service providers or support team
  • Onsite Certified Work Incentives Practitioner can help with benefits planning or help you locate SSA’s Community Work Incentives Coordinators
  • Individualized long term ongoing post-employment services

To Check Eligibility and Enroll for Services, Please Contact:

The Ticket to Work Coordinator

Office: 323.539.2116

TTY: 711

Service Hours: Monday – Friday: 7:30am – 4:00pm

For more information visit: choosework.ssa.gov or Contact the Ticket to Work Help Line at 866-968-7842 or 866-833-2967 (TTY).  M-F 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. ET

 

 

 

Outlet Store Rules:

 

  • Follow safety first signage.

 

  • Entry is first come, first served.

 

  • Face mask is mandatory for entry and duration of shopping.

 

  • Continue to social distance – follow the directional flow.

 

  • No running.

 

  • No outside food or drink.

 

  • No outside chairs.

 

  • Public restrooms are not available.

 

  • When tables are being swapped, do not touch them until directed to by staff.

 

  • One shopping cart per customer.

 

  • Shopping cart must stay with customer at all times.

 

  • All minors must be supervised. Unsupervised minors may be required to leave the store.

 

Rules are subject to change.

Thank you for doing your part to ensure a safe environment for everyone!⁠

 

Outlet Stores 

Store Hours:  Monday – Sunday 8am – 7pm

 

Los Angeles Outlet – Atwater Village

3150 N. San Fernando Rd., Los Angeles 90065 ​

 

San Fernando Valley

14565 Lanark St., Panorama City 91402

 

San Bernardino

8120 Palm Lane, San Bernardino 92410

Check out Nikki’s exclusive experience here. 

Join social media influencer and YouTuber Twinelle (@_eggiegirl_) as she draws on her creativity to fashion some unique, fun, and affordable Halloween costumes! Watch the video here.
Read this Valley Magazine article, written by Julia McGinty, for tips on what you can do to reduce textile waste: http://www.valleymagazinepsu.com/how-many-clothes-actually-get-bought-from-goodwill/

Halloween 2020 may be a bit different this year, but we have some tips to keep the spirit alive!

DIY Costume Ideas

Just because you may not be able to trick-or-treat, or go to a large party or event this year, Halloween 2020 can still be unique, creative and inspired!

Make your Halloween costume hunt an event in and of itself. Whether you’re shopping in your own closet or at one of our Goodwill SoCal retail stores, finding something creative and unique will not only be a whole lot of fun, but also an eco-friendly way to celebrate.

Below are a few ideas to get the creative juices flowing.

And a few more…

 

Celebrate Safely

Once you’ve decided on a costume, schedule an online Halloween party with all of your spooky friends. You could offer prizes for most unique, creative, scary, glamorous or hilarious costumes. Share a few recipes for cocktails or mocktails so everyone can create a festive atmosphere together – only apart.

For little ones, decorate each room (or even just all the doors) in your house with a different theme and offer at-home trick-or-treating. For example, your could do a Goonies theme and offer Baby Ruths. Or a Mad Hatter theme with tea cakes and sandwiches. Of course you’d have lots of options with a Willy Wonka theme! A Harry Potter room could offer “Scabbers the Rat” treats – halved pears, black licorice tails and red cinnamon candy eyes. Or maybe a nice mug of butterbeer (there are lots of recipes online). And of course you can find some perfect butterbeer mugs or tea party accessories at your local Goodwill ;-).

To stretch it out a bit, make up a craft or activity to go with each “station”. Dance party, flash light hide and seek or have your little witches or wizards mix up a cauldron of Halloween brew. At one station, have the kids put on blindfolds and dip their hands in bowls of “worms” (cold spaghetti in olive oil), “eyeballs” grapes covered in slime, “hearts” (peeled tomatoes), mud or “guts” (tapioca pudding with crumbled cookies and gummy worms).

Or how about a treasure hunt around the house or backyard? Put some treats, coins or small toys in festive bags or containers and hide. You can make treasure maps to help your treasure seekers along.

Well, hopefully you get the idea. Make the most of Halloween 2020 by thinking outside the box and you’re sure to make special memories (and maybe even some new traditions) for years to come.

Watch social media influencer Nikki as she visits our Atwater Village flagship store for a behind the scenes tour, sharing the “Secrets You Need To Know Before Thrifting @Goodwill”.  Watch here.