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
Henderson County North Carolina June 28, 2021
Rowan County North Carolina June 6, 2023
Preble County Ohio July 25, 2016
Lorain County Ohio August 20, 2018
Lucas County Ohio September 18, 2018
Ottawa County Oklahoma June 13, 2016
Baker County Oregon January 18, 2016
Clatsop County Oregon March 16, 2015
Crook County Oregon September 9, 2015
Deschutes County Oregon September 9, 2015
Douglas County Oregon February 16, 2016
Jackson County Oregon August 11, 2015
Jefferson County Oregon July 14, 2016
Josephine County Oregon January 18, 2016
Lane County Oregon March 16, 2015
Marion County Oregon January 18, 2016
Union County Oregon January 26, 2015
Wasco County Oregon January 3, 2017
Washington County Oregon April 11, 2017
Multnomah County Oregon February 16, 2018
Tillamook County Oregon February 11, 2021
Umatilla County Oregon February 11, 2021
Abbeville County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Aiken County South Carolina May 22, 2016
Allendale County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Anderson County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Bamberg County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Barnwell County South Carolina April 22, 2015
Beaufort County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Berkeley County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Calhoun County South Carolina September 29, 2015
Charleston County South Carolina January 12, 2016
Cherokee County South Carolina December 17, 2014
Chester County South Carolina September 29, 2015
Chesterfield County South Carolina April 22, 2015
Clarendon County South Carolina August 23, 2013
Colleton County South Carolina April 28, 2014
Darlington County South Carolina April 21, 2015
Dillon County South Carolina April 22, 2015
Dorchester County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Edgefield County South Carolina December 17, 2014
Fairfield County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Florence County South Carolina December 17, 2014
Georgetown County South Carolina September 29, 2015
Greenville County South Carolina October 19, 2015
Greenwood County South Carolina December 17, 2014
Hampton County South Carolina June 7, 2015
Horry County South Carolina April 5, 2016
Jasper County South Carolina July 5, 2016
Kershaw County South Carolina September 29, 2015
Lancaster County South Carolina January 12, 2016
Laurens County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Lee County South Carolina April 22, 2015
Lexington County South Carolina April 21, 2015
Marion County South Carolina April 22, 2015
Marlboro County South Carolina December 18, 2014
McCormick County South Carolina May 19, 2014
Newberry County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Oconee County South Carolina June 7, 2015
Orangeburg County South Carolina September 29, 2015
Pickens County South Carolina December 17, 2014
Richland County South Carolina July 5, 2016
Saluda County South Carolina July 30, 2014
Spartanburg County South Carolina June 7, 2015
Sumter County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Union County South Carolina May 22, 2016
Williamsburg County South Carolina December 18, 2014
York County South Carolina September 29, 2015
Benton County Tennessee March 19, 2015
Carroll County Tennessee October 12, 2016
Crockett County Tennessee June 20, 2016
Dyer County Tennessee January 19, 2015
Gibson County Tennessee August 30, 2016
Henry County Tennessee June 20, 2016
Lake County Tennessee April 20, 2015
Lauderdale County Tennessee October 19, 2015
Obion County Tennessee September 19, 2015
Tipton County Tennessee January 24, 2017
Weakley County Tennessee June 13, 2017
Haywood County Tennessee June 8, 2018
Hawkins County Tennessee December 11, 2018
Sullivan County Tennessee May 1, 2017
Henderson County Tennessee April 26, 2019
Hancock County Tennessee December 10, 2019
Decatur County Tennessee May 10, 2021
Chester County Tennessee May 10, 2021
Greene County Tennessee June 16, 2021
Shelby County Tennessee June 30, 2023
Washington County Tennessee May 2, 2024
Rutherford County Tennessee May 20, 2024
Gregg County Texas September 27, 2015
Tom Green County Texas August 28, 2017
Menard County Texas December 18, 2019
Halifax County Virginia April 7, 2016
Henry County Virginia October 7, 2015
Martinsville City Virginia March 7, 2017
Pittsylvania County Virginia June 27, 2016
Danville City Virginia March 30, 2018
Patrick County Virginia March 25, 2019
Lunenburg County Virginia April 29, 2019