Vernon Parish, Louisiana
Vernon Parish is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Sep 30, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Jun 2016
Maintained 1: Jun 2018
Maintained 2: Aug 2019
Maintained 3: Jan 2022
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Vernon Parish is actively engaged in maintaining their status as a Work Ready Community. To do so, they must earn 5 points that prove their ongoing commitment to developing a thriving economy for employers and employees.
Traditional goals 3 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 1 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Improved Certificates - 1 points
Provide Best Practice Presentation at State Organization Event - 0.5 points
Economic Regions Including Vernon Parish
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
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Emerging | High School | 5027 | 596 | 2079 | 1492 | 860 | 255 |
College | 63 | 7 | 35 | 19 | + | 6 | |
Current | Private | 165 | 27 | 81 | 41 | 16 | 17 |
Public | 220 | 29 | 119 | 54 | 18 | 22 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 7 | + | + | + | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 1083 | 167 | 503 | 292 | 121 | 57 | |
Recent Veteran | 10 | 0 | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 6571 | 829 | 2820 | 1904 | 1018 | 357 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 5027 | 596 | 2079 | 1492 | 860 | 255 |
College | 63 | 7 | 35 | 19 | + | 6 | |
Current | Private | 165 | 27 | 81 | 41 | 16 | 17 |
Public | 220 | 29 | 119 | 54 | 18 | 22 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 7 | + | + | + | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 1083 | 167 | 503 | 292 | 121 | 57 | |
Recent Veteran | 10 | 0 | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 6571 | 829 | 2820 | 1904 | 1018 | 357 |
The table above is a detailed breakdown of the same ACT WorkKeys NCRC data presented in the upper right box on this page and represents ACT WorkKeys NCRCs earned or improved throughout the community. All ACT WorkKeys NCRC data is updated monthly.
+ Value less than 4
ACT WorkKeys NCRCs Earned
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Sep 30, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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✓ Emerging | 1270 | 5351 |
✓
Current |
203 | 424 |
✓ Transitioning | 709 | 1152 |
Workforce category not identified | + | 1 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 19 | 6 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 111 | 72 | 21 | 2 |
Bronze | 546 | 115 | 13 | |
Silver | 713 | 79 | ||
Gold | 369 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Vernon Parish where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Ameican Moving and Storage of Leesville
Participating High Schools
These Vernon Parish high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Leesville High School
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Hornbeck High School
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Pitkin High School
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Anacoco High School
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Pickering High School
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Rosepine High School
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Evans High School
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Hicks High School
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Simpson High School
Contact Us
For more information on Vernon Parish's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
American Moving and Storage
337-239-9555
Employers in Vernon Parish recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Crest Industries Inc.
- UBD Financial
- Diamond B Construction
- First Federal Bank of Louisiana
- UTLX
- Vernon Parish Chamber of Commerce
- Star Gun & Archery
- Downtown Event Center
- Christina Lord M.D.
- Quality Inn
- Workforce Investment Board 50
- Holiday Inn Express
- Merchants & Farmers Bank
- The village of Anacoco
- Sabine State Bank
- Vernon Parish Assessor's Office
- West State Orthopedics
- Vernon Parish Clerk of Court
- town of Rosepine
- Barksdale Federal Credit Union
- Byrd Regional Hospital
- Town of Hornbeck
- Upper Iowa University- Fort Johnson
- Patel McDonalds
- Canfor Southern Pine
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