Since 1923, Chattanooga Goodwill Industries has helped people with barriers get the training and support they need to find competitive employment in the community. Barriers might include mental, physical and emotional disabilities or other disadvantages such as a lack of education or a long absence from the working world. Goodwill provides job training and other resources people need to find and keep a job. Funding for job training services comes from the sale of donated items in Goodwill’s donated goods retail program retail; personal, corporate and state financial contributions; federal grants, and contract labor services that Goodwill provides to businesses and government. Chattanooga Goodwill is an autonomous 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is a member agency of Goodwill Industries International and United Way of Greater Chattanooga. Chattanooga Goodwill is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and serves 23 counties in Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia.