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Tunica, Mississippi
Tunica County 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: Feb 2020
Maintained 1: Jan 2022
Maintained 2: May 2024
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Tunica 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 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 190 | 93 | 69 | 22 | 6 |
College | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | |
Current | Private | 85 | 28 | 50 | 7 | 0 |
Public | 110 | 42 | 59 | 8 | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 12 | 8 | + | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 325 | 147 | 159 | 18 | + | |
Recent Veteran | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 745 | 323 | 354 | 60 | 8 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 190 | 93 | 69 | 22 | 6 |
College | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | |
Current | Private | 85 | 28 | 50 | 7 | 0 |
Public | 110 | 42 | 59 | 8 | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 12 | 8 | + | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 325 | 147 | 159 | 18 | + | |
Recent Veteran | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 745 | 323 | 354 | 60 | 8 |
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 |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 124 | 212 |
✓
Current |
46 | 195 |
✓ Transitioning | 297 | 338 |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 6 | 0 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 24 | 2 | 0 | |
Silver | 3 | 0 | ||
Gold | 0 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Tunica County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Tunica County Chamber and Economic Development Foundation
Participating High Schools
These Tunica County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Rosa Fort High School
Contact Us
For more information on Tunica County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Tunica County Chamber and Economic Development Foundation
(662) 363-2865
Employers in Tunica County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Hollywood Casino Tunica
- Fitzgeralds Casino & Hotel
- Feuer Powertrain North America Inc.
- Schulz Xtruded Products LP
- Tunica Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Caesar's Entertainment
- Planters Bank
- Mississippi Department of Human Services
- Cooperative Energy
- Mississippi Manufacturers Association
- Mike Rozier Construction Co. Inc.
- Northwest Mississipi Community College
- Tunica County Chamber and Economic
Development Foundation - Teleflex Inc.
- Teleflex
- Mid-State Opportunity Inc.
- Krone NA Inc
- North American Electric Inc.
- Mississippi National Guard
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