Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Rapides Parish is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Mar 31, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Jul 2014
Maintained 1: Mar 2017
Maintained 2: Aug 2019
Maintained 3: Nov 2020
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Rapides Parish is actively engaged in maintaining their status as a Work Ready Community. To do so, they must earn 5 points that prove their ongoing commitment to developing a thriving economy for employers and employees.
Traditional goals 3 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 1 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Improved Certificates - 1 points
Provide Best Practice Presentation at State Organization Event - 0.5 points
Economic Regions Including Rapides Parish
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
|
Emerging | High School | 13322 | 2815 | 5793 | 3083 | 1631 | 551 |
College | 241 | 53 | 124 | 58 | 6 | 73 | |
Current | Private | 1333 | 318 | 680 | 269 | 66 | 364 |
Public | 1070 | 314 | 562 | 163 | 31 | 182 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 50 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Unemployed | 4242 | 1262 | 2085 | 705 | 190 | 813 | |
Recent Veteran | 38 | + | 9 | 6 | 0 | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 20277 | 4779 | 9280 | 4294 | 1924 | 1996 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
||||||
Emerging | High School | 13322 | 2815 | 5793 | 3083 | 1631 | 551 |
College | 241 | 53 | 124 | 58 | 6 | 73 | |
Current | Private | 1333 | 318 | 680 | 269 | 66 | 364 |
Public | 1070 | 314 | 562 | 163 | 31 | 182 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 50 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Unemployed | 4242 | 1262 | 2085 | 705 | 190 | 813 | |
Recent Veteran | 38 | + | 9 | 6 | 0 | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 20277 | 4779 | 9280 | 4294 | 1924 | 1996 |
The table above is a detailed breakdown of the same ACT WorkKeys NCRC data presented in the upper right box on this page and represents ACT WorkKeys NCRCs earned or improved throughout the community. All ACT WorkKeys NCRC data is updated monthly.
+ Value less than 4
ACT WorkKeys NCRCs Earned
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Mar 31, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 1042 | 14187 |
✓
Current |
215 | 2949 |
✓ Transitioning | 1210 | 5137 |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 137 | 4 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 485 | 140 | 7 | 2 |
Bronze | 1188 | 78 | 6 | |
Silver | 916 | 82 | ||
Gold | 513 |
Employers in Rapides Parish recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Hayes Manufacturing Company
- Re-Entry Solutions
- Ratcliff Construction Company LLC
- The Rapides Foundation
- Million Air
- Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office
- Louisiana State University of Alexandria
- Central Louisiana Technical Community
College - Mid-State Supply
- Dis-Tran Wood Products LLC
- Dis-Tran Packaged Substations LLC
- Sylvan Learning Center
- Turner & Turner Contracting LLC
- ROMEX
- Caplan's
- Sentry Drugs of Louisiana Inc.
- Boise Cascade
- KLAX TV
- Lloyd N. Moreau LLC
- Sutherland Global Services
- Cenla Broadcasting Inc.
- Front Porch dba England Oaks
- Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial
- The Pill Box Pharmacies
- Louisiana Eye & Laser
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