Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
Catahoula Parish is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Jan 31, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Feb 2016
Maintained 1: Dec 2017
Maintained 2: Aug 2019
Maintained 3: Jan 2022
Maintained 4: Jan 2025
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Catahoula 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 2 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Economic Regions Including Catahoula Parish
Catahoula Parish in the News
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 | 849 | 99 | 367 | 301 | 82 | 22 |
College | 40 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Current | Private | 57 | 12 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 10 |
Public | 26 | 6 | 15 | + | + | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 439 | 98 | 241 | 86 | 14 | 24 | |
Recent Veteran | 8 | 0 | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1418 | 224 | 681 | 410 | 103 | 60 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 849 | 99 | 367 | 301 | 82 | 22 |
College | 40 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Current | Private | 57 | 12 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 10 |
Public | 26 | 6 | 15 | + | + | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 439 | 98 | 241 | 86 | 14 | 24 | |
Recent Veteran | 8 | 0 | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1418 | 224 | 681 | 410 | 103 | 60 |
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 Jan 31, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 456 | 911 |
✓
Current |
85 | 97 |
✓ Transitioning | 376 | 470 |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
Workforce | Total |
---|---|
Total Employers | 26 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2 |
Bronze | 110 | 19 | 2 | |
Silver | 92 | 14 | ||
Gold | 6 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Catahoula Parish where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Catahoula Business & Career Solutions Center
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Catahoula Business & Career Solutions Center
Participating High Schools
These Catahoula Parish high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Block High School
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Harrisonburg High School
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Sicily Island High School
Contact Us
For more information on Catahoula Parish's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Catahoula Business & Career Solutions Center
318-339-7667
Employers in Catahoula Parish recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Gilchrist Construction Co.
St. Romain Oil/Y Not Stop
The Columns Community Care
Center/CommCare CorporationRapides Regional Medical Center
- Catahoula Council on Aging
- We Care Home Care Inc.
Valley View Health Care Facility
Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office
- Central Louisiana Technical Community
College - Southern Yankee Feed & Seed
LaSalle Community Action Assn., Inc.
- Womack and Sons Construction Group Inc.n
Fashion Cleaners
- Catahoula Office Products & Printing
Dis-Tran Steel Inc.
Sondra's Unique Boutique
CenturyLink
Town of Jonesville
Catahoula Parish School District
Catahoula Parish Police Jury
The GEO Group Inc.
- Hardtner Medical Center
Justiss Oil Company
LaSalle General Hospital
- Southern Heritage Bank
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