Certified Counties

When a county achieves Work Ready Community status, it means they have a robust, public-private partnership driven approach to link education to workforce development, align to economic development and match people to jobs. Once a community is certified, that is just the beginning. Their next step is to build upon this foundation and further strengthen their workforce development efforts through the Maintaining ACT Work Ready Community efforts.

County State Certified Date
Jefferson Davis County Mississippi March 20, 2020
Johnston County North Carolina September 13, 2017
Jones County North Carolina August 26, 2015
Jones County Mississippi October 8, 2019
Josephine County Oregon January 18, 2016
Kemper County Mississippi June 27, 2022
Kent County Michigan August 21, 2016
Kershaw County South Carolina September 29, 2015
Knox County Missouri May 15, 2018
La Salle Parish Louisiana May 25, 2016
Labette County Kansas August 29, 2016
Laclede County Missouri February 25, 2021
Lake County Tennessee April 20, 2015
Lake County Michigan February 19, 2017
Lamar County Alabama February 1, 2019
Lamar County Mississippi June 14, 2022
Lancaster County South Carolina January 12, 2016
Lane County Oregon March 16, 2015
Lauderdale County Tennessee October 19, 2015
Lauderdale County Mississippi February 20, 2024
Laurens County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Lawrence County Missouri January 13, 2016
Lawrence County Mississippi May 16, 2018
Lawrence County Arkansas September 21, 2018
Leake County Mississippi November 12, 2019
Lee County South Carolina April 22, 2015
Lee County North Carolina December 14, 2016
Lee County Arkansas January 13, 2020
Leflore County Mississippi December 14, 2017
Lenoir County North Carolina April 22, 2015
Lewis County Missouri May 13, 2019
Lexington County South Carolina April 21, 2015
Lincoln County North Carolina September 1, 2016
Lincoln County Mississippi January 4, 2017
Lincoln County Missouri March 7, 2018
Lincoln County Arkansas January 9, 2019
Lincoln County Nevada August 13, 2024
Linn County Missouri January 15, 2015
Little River County Arkansas April 19, 2024
Livingston County Missouri October 19, 2015
Lorain County Ohio August 20, 2018
Lowndes County Mississippi November 2, 2018
Lucas County Ohio September 18, 2018
Lunenburg County Virginia April 29, 2019
Macon County Missouri April 19, 2024
Madison County Missouri January 13, 2016
Madison County Mississippi January 8, 2019
Marengo County Alabama February 1, 2019
Maries County Missouri January 13, 2016
Marion County South Carolina April 22, 2015
Marion County Oregon January 18, 2016
Marion County Missouri April 8, 2019
Marion County Mississippi July 16, 2021
Marlboro County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Marshall County Mississippi June 18, 2021
Martin County North Carolina November 26, 2018
Martinsville City Virginia March 7, 2017
McCormick County South Carolina May 19, 2014
McDonald County Missouri May 19, 2016
McDowell County North Carolina December 13, 2015
Mecklenburg County Virginia July 26, 2019
Menard County Texas December 18, 2019
Mesa County Colorado February 20, 2017
Mississippi County Arkansas May 12, 2017
Mississippi County Missouri July 8, 2019
Mobile County Alabama March 27, 2017
Moniteau County Missouri April 9, 2018
Monroe County Alabama November 1, 2018
Monroe County Missouri January 11, 2019
Monroe County Mississippi February 7, 2022
Montgomery County Missouri August 15, 2018
Morehouse Parish Louisiana November 10, 2022
Morgan County Alabama September 26, 2019
Morgan County Missouri April 20, 2021
Multnomah County Oregon February 16, 2018
Nash County North Carolina October 1, 2018
Natchitoches Parish Louisiana December 18, 2016
Nevada County Arkansas May 10, 2024
New Madrid County Missouri December 6, 2019
Newberry County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Newton County Missouri July 10, 2015
Nodaway County Missouri September 6, 2016
Northampton County North Carolina April 5, 2017
Nottoway County Virginia February 10, 2020
Obion County Tennessee September 19, 2015
Oconee County South Carolina June 7, 2015
Oktibbeha County Mississippi November 2, 2018
Onslow County North Carolina April 19, 2016
Orangeburg County South Carolina September 29, 2015
Oregon County Missouri January 18, 2019
Osage County Missouri May 18, 2018
Oswego County New York March 1, 2024
Ottawa County Oklahoma June 13, 2016
Ouachita Parish Louisiana May 29, 2019
Ozark County Missouri August 25, 2018
Pamlico County North Carolina August 26, 2015
Panola County Mississippi March 18, 2019
Patrick County Virginia March 25, 2019
Pemiscot County Missouri August 2, 2021
Perquimans County North Carolina April 5, 2018