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
Labette County Kansas August 29, 2016
La Salle Parish Louisiana May 25, 2016
Knox County Missouri May 15, 2018
Kershaw County South Carolina September 29, 2015
Kent County Michigan August 21, 2016
Kemper County Mississippi June 27, 2022
Josephine County Oregon January 18, 2016
Jones County North Carolina August 26, 2015
Jones County Mississippi October 8, 2019
Johnston County North Carolina September 13, 2017
Jefferson Davis County Mississippi March 20, 2020
Jefferson County Oregon July 14, 2016
Jefferson County Missouri July 10, 2014
Jefferson County Mississippi September 23, 2019
Jefferson County Arkansas January 19, 2022
Jasper County South Carolina July 5, 2016
Jasper County Missouri March 7, 2013
Jackson Parish Louisiana January 15, 2021
Jackson County Oregon August 11, 2015
Jackson County Mississippi July 22, 2019
Jackson County Missouri December 12, 2019
Iron County Missouri May 19, 2016
Iredell County North Carolina December 14, 2016
Independence County Arkansas May 15, 2023
Hyde County North Carolina May 8, 2019
Humphreys County Mississippi April 15, 2019
Howell County Missouri January 13, 2016
Howard County Missouri April 30, 2021
Howard County Arkansas August 30, 2023
Horry County South Carolina April 5, 2016
Holt County Missouri May 18, 2018
Holmes County Mississippi April 4, 2018
Hoke County North Carolina September 13, 2017
Hinds County Mississippi August 17, 2018
Hertford County North Carolina September 1, 2016
Henry County Virginia October 7, 2015
Henry County Tennessee June 20, 2016
Henry County Missouri July 11, 2014
Henry County Indiana November 28, 2017
Henderson County Tennessee April 26, 2019
Henderson County North Carolina June 28, 2021
Hempstead County Arkansas January 31, 2024
Haywood County Tennessee June 8, 2018
Hawkins County Tennessee December 11, 2018
Harrison County Indiana August 21, 2019
Harrison County Mississippi May 1, 2020
Harnett County North Carolina March 23, 2018
Hancock County Mississippi February 12, 2019
Hancock County Tennessee December 10, 2019
Hampton County South Carolina June 7, 2015
Halifax County Virginia April 7, 2016
Halifax County North Carolina September 1, 2016
Hale County Alabama February 1, 2019
Guilford County North Carolina February 12, 2018
Grundy County Missouri September 1, 2015
Grenada County Mississippi May 10, 2021
Gregg County Texas September 27, 2015
Greenwood County South Carolina December 17, 2014
Greenville County South Carolina October 19, 2015
Greensville County Virginia February 1, 2023
Greene County North Carolina August 26, 2015
Greene County Missouri September 6, 2016
Greene County Arkansas February 12, 2019
Greene County Alabama January 7, 2020
Greene County Tennessee June 16, 2021
Grant Parish Louisiana May 30, 2016
Grant County Arkansas June 15, 2022
Gibson County Tennessee August 30, 2016
Georgetown County South Carolina September 29, 2015
Gentry County Missouri May 18, 2018
Geary County Kansas August 15, 2019
Gates County North Carolina August 19, 2019
Gaston County North Carolina August 26, 2015
Gasconade County Missouri May 18, 2018
Franklin County Missouri January 9, 2014
Franklin County Mississippi May 31, 2019
Franklin County Arkansas March 2, 2023
Forrest County Mississippi May 8, 2020
Florence County South Carolina December 17, 2014
Fayette County Indiana September 28, 2016
Fayette County Alabama February 1, 2019
Fairfield County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Escambia County Alabama May 10, 2021
Emporia City Virginia December 9, 2024
Edgefield County South Carolina December 17, 2014
Edgecombe County North Carolina May 1, 2018
Eau Claire County Wisconsin May 8, 2024
Dyer County Tennessee January 19, 2015
Duplin County North Carolina April 19, 2016
Dunklin County Missouri January 13, 2016
Drew County Arkansas January 26, 2022
Douglas County Oregon February 16, 2016
Douglas County Missouri September 6, 2017
Douglas County Nebraska March 8, 2019
Dorchester County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Dillon County South Carolina April 22, 2015
Dickenson County Virginia November 29, 2019
DeSoto Parish Louisiana February 11, 2019
Desha County Arkansas May 13, 2019
Deschutes County Oregon September 9, 2015