Grant Parish, Louisiana
Grant Parish is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Apr 30, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: May 2016
Maintained 1: May 2021
Maintained 2: Jun 2021
Maintained 3: Jan 2022
Maintained 4: Jan 2025
Maintained 5: May 2025
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Grant 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
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Economic Regions Including Grant Parish
Grant 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 | 2182 | 487 | 1034 | 440 | 221 | 15 |
College | 35 | + | 20 | 9 | + | 5 | |
Current | Private | 183 | 33 | 98 | 48 | + | 40 |
Public | 158 | 43 | 79 | 30 | 6 | 10 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 15 | + | 6 | + | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 635 | 162 | 345 | 106 | 22 | 69 | |
Recent Veteran | 10 | 0 | + | 0 | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 124 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 0 | |
Totals | 3275 | 755 | 1608 | 647 | 265 | 139 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 2182 | 487 | 1034 | 440 | 221 | 15 |
College | 35 | + | 20 | 9 | + | 5 | |
Current | Private | 183 | 33 | 98 | 48 | + | 40 |
Public | 158 | 43 | 79 | 30 | 6 | 10 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 15 | + | 6 | + | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 635 | 162 | 345 | 106 | 22 | 69 | |
Recent Veteran | 10 | 0 | + | 0 | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 124 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 0 | |
Totals | 3275 | 755 | 1608 | 647 | 265 | 139 |
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 Apr 30, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 859 | 2237 |
✓
Current |
235 | 391 |
✓ Transitioning | 662 | 724 |
Workforce category not identified | 62 | 62 |
Workforce | Total |
---|---|
Employers Supporting | 43 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 90 | 31 | 1 | 0 |
Bronze | 273 | 23 | 1 | |
Silver | 158 | 20 | ||
Gold | 77 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Grant Parish where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Grant Parish Business & Career Solutions Center
Participating High Schools
These Grant Parish high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Grant High School
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Georgetown High School
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Montgomery High School
Contact Us
For more information on Grant Parish's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Workforce Development Board Area 60
318-992-8264
Employers in Grant Parish recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Gilchrist Construction Co.
- Plastipak Packaging Inc.
- Tioga Community Care Center/CommCare
Corporation - Remedy Intelligent Staffing
- Procter & Gamble Co. - Alexandria Plant
- Advantage Staffing
- Diamond B Construction
- ACA Corporation
- Louisiana State University of Alexandria
- Central Louisiana Technical Community
College - Cleco Corp
Dis-Tran Steel Inc.
- Pilgrim's Inc.
- UTLX
Boise Cascade
- Future Expectations Community Care
Services LLC LaSalle General Hospital
- Lott Oil Company Inc.
Winn Correctional Center
- Sperion Staffing and Recrui
Rapides Parish School Board
City of Pineville
- Acadian Ambulance Service
LA Workforce Development Board 60
Grant Parish Head Start
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