Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Rapides Parish is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Jun 30, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Jul 2014
Maintained 1: Mar 2017
Maintained 2: Aug 2019
Maintained 3: Nov 2020
Maintained 4: May 2024
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 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
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 | 13495 | 2846 | 5874 | 3120 | 1655 | 551 |
College | 245 | 54 | 126 | 59 | 6 | 73 | |
Current | Private | 1354 | 323 | 689 | 275 | 67 | 364 |
Public | 1102 | 330 | 567 | 172 | 33 | 182 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 57 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 10 |
Unemployed | 4291 | 1276 | 2102 | 718 | 195 | 813 | |
Recent Veteran | 38 | + | 9 | 6 | 0 | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 20563 | 4849 | 9396 | 4362 | 1956 | 1996 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 13495 | 2846 | 5874 | 3120 | 1655 | 551 |
College | 245 | 54 | 126 | 59 | 6 | 73 | |
Current | Private | 1354 | 323 | 689 | 275 | 67 | 364 |
Public | 1102 | 330 | 567 | 172 | 33 | 182 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 57 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 10 |
Unemployed | 4291 | 1276 | 2102 | 718 | 195 | 813 | |
Recent Veteran | 38 | + | 9 | 6 | 0 | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 20563 | 4849 | 9396 | 4362 | 1956 | 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 Jun 30, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 1244 | 14364 |
✓
Current |
244 | 3002 |
✓ Transitioning | 1396 | 5193 |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 46 | 0 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 486 | 140 | 7 | 2 |
Bronze | 1225 | 81 | 7 | |
Silver | 928 | 85 | ||
Gold | 526 |
Employers in Rapides Parish recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Gilchrist Construction Co.
- Oak Haven Community Care Center/CommCare
Corporation The Orchard Foundation
Daenen Henderson & Company CPAs
Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office
- Louisiana State University of Alexandria
- Central Louisiana Technical Community
College - Dis-Tran Wood Products LLC
- Myron K. Lawson
Turner & Turner Contracting LLC
- Rapides Nursing Services DBA Legacy
Health & Wellness ROMEX
Johnson Siebeneicher & Ingram Attorneys
at LawMartco Limited Partnership - Plywood
- UTLX
- Sentry Drugs of Louisiana Inc.
- Spectrum Stores Inc. DBA DC's Suits &
More - Alliance Compressors
CenturyLink
- Front Porch dba England Oaks
Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital LLC
- Upper Iowa University
- Sperion Staffing and Recrui
Progressive Constructive Company LLC
- Ugly Mug Marketing
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