Grant, Arkansas
Grant County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Nov 30, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Jun 2022
Maintained 1: Jun 2024
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Grant 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 1 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Economic Regions Including Grant
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
|
Emerging | High School | 163 | 54 | 71 | 24 | 14 |
College | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | |
Current | Private | 58 | 9 | 27 | 15 | 7 |
Public | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 119 | 20 | 64 | 27 | 8 | |
Recent Veteran | + | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 371 | 94 | 176 | 72 | 29 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 163 | 54 | 71 | 24 | 14 |
College | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | |
Current | Private | 58 | 9 | 27 | 15 | 7 |
Public | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 119 | 20 | 64 | 27 | 8 | |
Recent Veteran | + | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 371 | 94 | 176 | 72 | 29 |
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 Nov 30, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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Emerging | 207 | 165 |
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Current |
69 | 85 |
Transitioning | 144 | 121 |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
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Employers Supporting | 9 | 0 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Silver | 0 | 0 | ||
Gold | 0 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Grant County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Sheridan School District
Participating High Schools
These Grant County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Sheridan High School
Employers in Grant County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Sheridan School District
- Lunday and Associates Inc.
- Grant County
- City of Sheridan
- Shelby Taylor Trucking
- RoofConnect
- McCoy Tygart Drug Store Inc
- Sheridan White Rock Inc.
- Hayden Group Corporation
- Sheridan High School
- Sheridan Middle School
- Alternative Learning Academy
- Southeast Arkansas Economic Development
District - Peoples Bank
- Allen Gate & Panel
- Arkansas State University Three Rivers
- The Perfect Blend Coffeehouse
- Arkansas Economic Development Commission
- Dallas County Court House
- Dennia Beard - State Farm Insurance
Agent - Dallas County Medical Center
- Fordyce Chamber of Commerce
- Hot Springs School District
- CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs
- A&W Restaurants
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