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
- Crest Industries Inc.
- Bunkie General Hospital
- Bayou Vista Community Care
Center/CommCare Corporation - RoyOMartin
- Ratcliff Construction Company LLC
- Diamond B Construction
- Valley View Health Care Facility
- The Cottonport Bank
- Mid-State Supply
- COPE Inc.
- LA Companion Care LLC
- Terra Home
- Taco Bueno
- Popeye's
- Rapides Nursing Services DBA Legacy
Health & Wellness - Perforex Forest Services
- City of Pineville LA
- Boise Cascade
- Humble Home Academy
- Front Porch dba England Oaks
- Hexion Inc.
- Sperion Staffing and Recrui
- Rapides Parish School Board
- Pan American Engineers LLC
- Louisiana Eye & Laser
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