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Amite, Mississippi
Amite County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Jul 31, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Sep 2019
Maintained 1: May 2023
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Amite 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 4 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Employer Support This Period - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Economic Regions Including Amite
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ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 99 | 49 | 35 | 11 | + |
College | 46 | 11 | 24 | 10 | + | |
Current | Private | 123 | 42 | 60 | 18 | + |
Public | 52 | 18 | 30 | + | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 24 | + | 16 | + | + |
Unemployed | 175 | 84 | 73 | 16 | + | |
Recent Veteran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 519 | 208 | 238 | 60 | 13 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 99 | 49 | 35 | 11 | + |
College | 46 | 11 | 24 | 10 | + | |
Current | Private | 123 | 42 | 60 | 18 | + |
Public | 52 | 18 | 30 | + | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 24 | + | 16 | + | + |
Unemployed | 175 | 84 | 73 | 16 | + | |
Recent Veteran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 519 | 208 | 238 | 60 | 13 |
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 Jul 31, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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✓ Emerging | 100 | 145 |
✓
Current |
136 | 175 |
✓ Transitioning | 197 | 199 |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 5 | 16 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
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Not Earned | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Silver | 0 | 0 | ||
Gold | 0 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Amite County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Southwest Mississippi Community College
Contact Us
For more information on Amite County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Southwest Mississippi Community College
(601) 276-3889
Employers in Amite County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Jones Law Group P.A.
- Amite County School District
- Liberty Public Library
Buffalo Services Inc
- Southwest Mississippi Community College
- Town of Liberty
- Crye-Leike Stedman Realtors
- Air Cruisers Co
- Jayco Gas & Supply
- Mississippi Department of Human Services
Wallace Lumber Co - Empire Mat
- Southern Herald
- Town Of Gloster
- Miss K’s Home Plate
- Bernell McGehee CPA
- SMILES TO GO LLC
Field Health System
- American Medical Response (AMR)
- Southcentral Mississippi Works Local
Workforce Development Area - Cooperative Energy
- TempStaff
- At Home Care Inc.
- Franklin County Memorial Hospital
- Mike Rozier Construction Co. Inc.
- Mississippi National Guard
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