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
Jones County Mississippi October 8, 2019
Sharkey County Mississippi October 11, 2019
Leake County Mississippi November 12, 2019
Tunica County Mississippi February 19, 2020
Jefferson Davis County Mississippi March 20, 2020
Harrison County Mississippi May 1, 2020
Forrest County Mississippi May 8, 2020
Covington County Mississippi July 31, 2020
Smith County Mississippi September 1, 2020
Wilkinson County Mississippi November 11, 2020
Quitman County Mississippi March 1, 2021
Grenada County Mississippi May 10, 2021
Marshall County Mississippi June 18, 2021
Marion County Mississippi July 16, 2021
Monroe County Mississippi February 7, 2022
Lamar County Mississippi June 14, 2022
Kemper County Mississippi June 27, 2022
Tallahatchie County Mississippi December 29, 2022
Tate County Mississippi December 20, 2023
Lauderdale County Mississippi February 20, 2024
Kent County Michigan August 21, 2016
Lake County Michigan February 19, 2017
Washington County Maryland July 10, 2023
Allen Parish Louisiana March 13, 2017
Avoyelles Parish Louisiana July 17, 2014
Catahoula Parish Louisiana February 7, 2016
Concordia Parish Louisiana April 13, 2017
Grant Parish Louisiana May 30, 2016
La Salle Parish Louisiana May 25, 2016
Natchitoches Parish Louisiana December 18, 2016
Rapides Parish Louisiana July 17, 2014
Winn Parish Louisiana June 23, 2016
Vernon Parish Louisiana June 1, 2016
Sabine Parish Louisiana December 21, 2018
Beauregard Parish Louisiana January 10, 2019
St. James Parish Louisiana February 11, 2019
DeSoto Parish Louisiana February 11, 2019
Ouachita Parish Louisiana May 29, 2019
Ascension Parish Louisiana October 25, 2019
Richland Parish Louisiana January 7, 2021
Jackson Parish Louisiana January 15, 2021
Union Parish Louisiana August 16, 2021
Bienville Parish Louisiana June 13, 2022
Morehouse Parish Louisiana November 10, 2022
Webster Parish Louisiana November 10, 2022
Claiborne Parish Louisiana December 5, 2022
Labette County Kansas August 29, 2016
Pottawatomie County Kansas December 20, 2016
Cherokee County Kansas February 3, 2016
Geary County Kansas August 15, 2019
Bourbon County Kansas February 6, 2023
Butler County Kansas March 9, 2023
Woodbury County Iowa January 24, 2019
Cherokee County Iowa January 2, 2020
Pottawattamie County Iowa November 9, 2021
Delaware County Indiana January 21, 2016
Fayette County Indiana September 28, 2016
Randolph County Indiana May 18, 2015
Rush County Indiana March 17, 2015
Wayne County Indiana November 8, 2016
Henry County Indiana November 28, 2017
Harrison County Indiana August 21, 2019
Pulaski County Georgia May 28, 2024
Mesa County Colorado February 20, 2017
Mississippi County Arkansas May 12, 2017
Craighead County Arkansas August 9, 2018
Lawrence County Arkansas September 21, 2018
Lincoln County Arkansas January 9, 2019
Greene County Arkansas February 12, 2019
Cleveland County Arkansas March 29, 2019
Chicot County Arkansas April 9, 2019
St. Francis County Arkansas May 7, 2019
Crittenden County Arkansas May 7, 2019
Desha County Arkansas May 13, 2019
Bradley County Arkansas July 15, 2019
Randolph County Arkansas August 9, 2019
Lee County Arkansas January 13, 2020
Ashley County Arkansas February 6, 2020
Cross County Arkansas April 7, 2020
Arkansas County Arkansas September 11, 2020
Jefferson County Arkansas January 19, 2022
Drew County Arkansas January 26, 2022
Scott County Arkansas May 19, 2022
Grant County Arkansas June 15, 2022
Clay County Arkansas January 10, 2023
Crawford County Arkansas February 13, 2023
Franklin County Arkansas March 2, 2023
Sevier County Arkansas April 17, 2023
Independence County Arkansas May 15, 2023
Dallas County Arkansas June 1, 2023
Howard County Arkansas August 30, 2023
Hempstead County Arkansas January 31, 2024
Little River County Arkansas April 19, 2024
Polk County Arkansas April 22, 2024
Nevada County Arkansas May 10, 2024
Mobile County Alabama March 27, 2017
Sumter County Alabama September 1, 2016
Tuscaloosa County Alabama November 16, 2016
Choctaw County Alabama February 14, 2018
Monroe County Alabama November 1, 2018