Two Goodwill-Operated WorkSource Centers Recognized for Performance Excellence.LOS ANGELES -- Two WorkSource Centers operated by Goodwill Southern California received the 2006 California Award for Performance Excellence (CAPE(TM)) Prospector(TM) Award. The Centers' representatives accepted the awards during the California Council for Excellence Conference on April 7, 2006. The two recipients are Central San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. WorkSource Center (10507 E. Valley Blvd. in El Monte) and Metro North WorkSource Center (342 N. San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the in Los Angeles). The Prospector Award(TM) is the second level of recognition of the California Awards for Performance Excellence. It is the California equivalent of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is given by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology. Through the actions of the National Productivity Advisory Committee chaired by Jack Grayson, it was established by the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality , which is the country's highest award for organizational excellence in business, education and health care. The California Prospector Award(TM) signifies the Centers' and Goodwill's commitment to continuous quality improvement and performance excellence. To receive the award, the Centers were judged in the following areas: leadership, governance and social responsibilities, strategic planning development and measurement, analysis and review of organizational performance, information and knowledge management, employee work systems, learning and motivation, employee well-being and satisfaction, value-creation processes, support processes and operational planning. "We are very pleased to receive this honor, which recognizes Goodwill's commitment to excellence and quality improvement, not only in our services, but also in our organizational systems and processes," said Doug Barr, Goodwill's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . The WorkSource Centers are open to the public and designed to accommodate people with disabilities and vocational disadvantages. Through a network of partners, they bring job seekers and employers together in one place. Employers get help finding candidates and screening prospective employees. Job seekers get help preparing resumes, getting interviews and taking classes toward retraining re·train tr. & intr.v. re·trained, re·train·ing, re·trains To train or undergo training again. re·train or upgrading of skills. This assistance is provided through one-on-one counseling and individualized in·di·vid·u·al·ize tr.v. in·di·vid·u·al·ized, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·ing, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·es 1. To give individuality to. 2. To consider or treat individually; particularize. 3. training. The Central San Gabriel Valley WorkSource Center collaborates with the State of California Community Development Department, Chinatown Service Center and a variety of other community and business partners. The funding for the Center is provided by the Los Angeles County Workforce Investment Board Workforce Investment Boards (or "WIBs") are regional entities created to implement the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 in the United States, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. . It helps 1,200 job-seekers each month. The Metro North WorkSource Center collaborates with the City of Los Angeles
ABOUT THE AWARD The California Awards for Performance Excellence (CAPE(TM)) program is administered by the California Council for Excellence (CCE CCE Cornell Cooperative Extension CCE Corporate and Continuing Education CCE Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. CCE Commission de Coopération Environnementale CCE Centre for Continuing Education CCE College of Continuing Education CCE Certified Computer Examiner ) in Poway, Calif. The CAPE program is a three-step process that utilizes the most current Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards (MBNQA MBNQA Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award ) criteria. Any private and public sector entity doing business in California is eligible to apply. The California Prospector(TM) Award is a short-form version of the CAPE(TM) Level Three Award. It was created to help applicants advance their performance excellence initiative before committing to the complete California Awards for Performance Excellence(TM) application process. ABOUT GOODWILL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA More than 20,000 people with disabilities or vocational disadvantages benefit from Goodwill Southern California's education, job training and placement programs each year. GSC GSC gas-solid chromatography. operates 47 retail stores, 39 attended donation centers, three campuses and 18 workforce/training centers in the counties of Los Angeles (north of Rosecrans Ave.), Riverside and San Bernardino. Charity Navigator, an independent charity evaluator, gave GSC its highest four-star ranking for five consecutive years, because GSC spends 92 percent of its budget on programs that transform lives through the power of work. For more information about GSC and its programs, visit www.goodwillsocal.org. |
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