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
York County South Carolina September 29, 2015
Yazoo County Mississippi July 16, 2019
Worth County Missouri July 16, 2018
Woodbury County Iowa January 24, 2019
Winston County Mississippi April 12, 2019
Winn Parish Louisiana June 23, 2016
Williamsburg County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Wilkinson County Mississippi November 11, 2020
Wilkes County North Carolina December 14, 2016
Webster Parish Louisiana November 10, 2022
Webster County Mississippi June 7, 2019
Webster County Missouri October 16, 2018
Weakley County Tennessee June 13, 2017
Wayne County Missouri December 6, 2019
Wayne County North Carolina April 21, 2015
Wayne County Indiana November 8, 2016
Watauga County North Carolina December 11, 2018
Washington County Alabama February 14, 2019
Washington County North Carolina December 11, 2018
Washington County Mississippi January 1, 2017
Washington County Oregon April 11, 2017
Washington County Missouri January 13, 2016
Washington County Tennessee May 2, 2024
Washington County Maryland July 10, 2023
Wasco County Oregon January 3, 2017
Warren County Missouri December 7, 2017
Warren County Mississippi June 27, 2018
Walthall County Mississippi June 25, 2019
Vernon Parish Louisiana June 1, 2016
Vernon County Missouri July 9, 2015
Union Parish Louisiana August 16, 2021
Union County South Carolina May 22, 2016
Union County Oregon January 26, 2015
Umatilla County Oregon February 11, 2021
Tyrrell County North Carolina December 11, 2019
Tuscaloosa County Alabama November 16, 2016
Tunica County Mississippi February 19, 2020
Transylvania County North Carolina April 5, 2017
Tom Green County Texas August 28, 2017
Tipton County Tennessee January 24, 2017
Tillamook County Oregon February 11, 2021
Texas County Missouri May 18, 2018
Tate County Mississippi December 20, 2023
Taney County Missouri May 21, 2018
Tallahatchie County Mississippi December 29, 2022
Sunflower County Mississippi January 19, 2017
Sumter County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Sumter County Alabama September 1, 2016
Sullivan County Tennessee May 1, 2017
Sullivan County Missouri January 17, 2024
Stone County Missouri December 5, 2018
Stoddard County Missouri May 10, 2024
Ste. Genevieve County Missouri May 19, 2016
St. Louis County Missouri December 7, 2017
St. James Parish Louisiana February 11, 2019
St. Francois County Missouri July 10, 2014
St. Francis County Arkansas May 7, 2019
St. Clair County Missouri August 15, 2018
St. Charles County Missouri April 18, 2024
Spartanburg County South Carolina June 7, 2015
Smith County Mississippi September 1, 2020
Simpson County Mississippi February 23, 2019
Shelby County Tennessee June 30, 2023
Shelby County Missouri June 20, 2023
Sharkey County Mississippi October 11, 2019
Shannon County Missouri September 30, 2024
Sevier County Arkansas April 17, 2023
Scott County Arkansas May 19, 2022
Scott County Missouri May 12, 2017
Scotland County North Carolina April 5, 2017
Scotland County Missouri September 26, 2024
Schuyler County Missouri June 20, 2023
San Juan County New Mexico May 19, 2016
Saluda County South Carolina July 30, 2014
Saline County Missouri January 16, 2015
Sabine Parish Louisiana December 21, 2018
Rutherford County North Carolina December 13, 2015
Rutherford County Tennessee May 20, 2024
Rush County Indiana March 17, 2015
Rowan County North Carolina June 6, 2023
Rockingham County North Carolina August 22, 2018
Ripley County Missouri January 10, 2014
Richmond County North Carolina September 1, 2016
Richland Parish Louisiana January 7, 2021
Richland County South Carolina July 5, 2016
Reynolds County Missouri September 30, 2024
Rapides Parish Louisiana July 17, 2014
Rankin County Mississippi November 12, 2018
Randolph County Missouri May 19, 2016
Randolph County Indiana May 18, 2015
Randolph County Arkansas August 9, 2019
Ralls County Missouri July 16, 2018
Quitman County Mississippi March 1, 2021
Quay County New Mexico November 13, 2016
Pulaski County Missouri May 12, 2017
Pulaski County Georgia May 28, 2024
Prince Edward County Virginia July 7, 2021
Preble County Ohio July 25, 2016
Pottawattamie County Iowa November 9, 2021
Pottawatomie County Kansas December 20, 2016