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Rural WRC Featured in Upcoming DOL Webinar May 25, 2023

The Work Ready Communities throughout the First Tenneessee Development District have a solid leadership group that also joined forces to reduce opioid addiction in their region. Now the U.S. Department of Labor's WorkforceGPS plans to showcase this work in an upcoming online event planned for May 31st.  

Northeast State to give credit to career-ready students January 13, 2020

JOHNSON CITY — Northeast State Community College soon is to begin offering additional college credit to students seeking certain vocational concentrations and holding a National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC).

Podcast: Regional Workforce Ecosystem Response to the Opioid Crisis in Northeast Tennessee November 14, 2019

Northeast Tennessee is one of the hot spots in terms of prescription drug abuse, NAS births, and overdose deaths. The region also suffers from an unhealthy workforce, in large part due to addiction. Hear how the First Tennessee Development District took the lead role in bringing partners together to create solutions to deal with this epidemic. Learn how Northeast Tennessee builds a system a support from NAS babies to senior adults. Lottie Ryans and Mark Stephens from the First Tennessee Development District share practical ways to educate, boost awareness, and build solutions the entire community can embrace. Check out our podcast page for the full 30-minute episode.

First Tennessee Development District's Lottie Ryans aims to make NE Tenn. a Work Ready Community October 16, 2017

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — If she does her job right, Lottie Ryans said the eight counties in Northeast Tennessee will be added to the list of ACT Work Ready Communities across the nation.

Hawkins, other counties, certified as Work Ready Communities June 23, 2017
ELIZABETHTON — The County Mayors of Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Unicoi and Washington counties announced last week that the entire region is now officially listed on the Work Ready Communities website as participating in the ACT Work Ready ...