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Franklin, Mississippi
Franklin County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Oct 31, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: May 2019
Maintained 1: Jun 2023
Maintained 2: Jan 2024
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Franklin 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 2 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 1 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Improved Certificates - 1 points
Economic Regions Including Franklin
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ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
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Emerging | High School | 208 | 37 | 97 | 49 | 25 | 0 |
College | 43 | 10 | 21 | 10 | + | 0 | |
Current | Private | 81 | 24 | 41 | 14 | + | + |
Public | 53 | 19 | 30 | + | + | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 11 | + | + | + | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 172 | 60 | 74 | 31 | 7 | 0 | |
Recent Veteran | 6 | + | 0 | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 571 | 155 | 266 | 110 | 40 | + |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 208 | 37 | 97 | 49 | 25 | 0 |
College | 43 | 10 | 21 | 10 | + | 0 | |
Current | Private | 81 | 24 | 41 | 14 | + | + |
Public | 53 | 19 | 30 | + | + | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 11 | + | + | + | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 172 | 60 | 74 | 31 | 7 | 0 | |
Recent Veteran | 6 | + | 0 | + | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 571 | 155 | 266 | 110 | 40 | + |
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 Oct 31, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 143 | 251 |
✓
Current |
55 | 135 |
Transitioning | 191 | 186 |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 7 | 2 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 29 | 3 | 0 | |
Silver | 2 | 0 | ||
Gold | 1 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Franklin County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Copiah-Lincoln Community College - Stephenie Sullivan
Contact Us
For more information on Franklin County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Copiah-Lincoln Community College
601.643.8715
Employers in Franklin County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Copiah-Lincoln Community College
- Halford Law Firm
- Franklin County School District
- Herring Gas Co. Inc.
- Town of Meadville
- McGehee McGehee & Torrey
- Mississippi Department of Human Services
- Southcentral Mississippi Works Local
Workforce Development Area - Cooperative Energy
- GL Jones Maintenance Inc.
- Bank of Franklin
- Town of Roxie
- Franklin County Board of Supervisors
- Town of Bude
- Franklin Ready Mix Concrete Inc
- Franklin County Chamber of Commerce
- Franklin County Middle School
- Franklin County Upper Elementary
- Franklin County Chancery Clerk
- Franklin County Justice Court
- TempStaff
- C Spire
- Franklin County Memorial Hospital
- Mike Rozier Construction Co. Inc.
- Mississippi National Guard
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