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Rapides Parish

Rapides Parish is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Status History:

Certified: Jul 2014

Maintained 1: Mar 2017

Maintained 2: Aug 2019

Maintained 3: Nov 2020

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80%

of maintaining goals completed

chart showing 80% of maintaining goals completed for the county

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Rapides Parish

ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]

Workforce Total
NCRC		 Bronze
NCRC		 Silver
NCRC		 Gold
NCRC		 Platinum
NCRC		 NCRC
Plus
Emerging High School 10077 2093 4663 2380 941 551
College 218 43 116 54 5 73
Current Private 1171 266 623 234 48 364
Public 897 252 487 132 26 182
Transitioning Adult Education 38 6 26 6 0 10
Unemployed 3712 1098 1873 611 130 813
Recent Veteran 16 + 8 5 0 +
Workforce category not identified 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 16129 3761 7796 3422 1150 1996

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.

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Employers in Rapides Parish recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC

  • Storer Equipment Company Ltd dba Storer
    Services
  • Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED Inc.
  • Louisiana Eye & Laser
  • Ranson Real Estate LLC
  • Hebert Carbo & Crutchfield CPAs
  • Ugly Mug Marketing
  • E E Consultants Inc.
  • Wallace Eye Associates
  • Payne Moore & Herrington LLP
  • The Diamond Grill Restaurant
  • Acadian Ambulance Service
  • Pan American Engineers LLC
  • JWBP Broadcasting Company LLC
  • The Pill Box Pharmacies
  • Progressive Constructive Company LLC
  • Southern Heritage Bank
  • Rapides Parish School Board
  • Sundrop Fuels
  • Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial
  • H & H Furniture & Appliances
  • Westaff
  • Sperion Staffing and Recrui
  • Upper Iowa University
  • Christophe Counseling & Associates
  • Joe's Cleaning Service LLC
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  • Storer Equipment Company Ltd
    dba Storer Services
  • Coca-Cola Bottling Company
    UNITED Inc.
  • Louisiana Eye & Laser
  • Ranson Real Estate LLC
  • Hebert Carbo & Crutchfield
    CPAs
  • Ugly Mug Marketing
  • E E Consultants Inc.
  • Wallace Eye Associates
  • Payne Moore & Herrington LLP
  • The Diamond Grill Restaurant
  • Acadian Ambulance Service
  • Pan American Engineers LLC
  • JWBP Broadcasting Company LLC
  • The Pill Box Pharmacies
  • Progressive Constructive
    Company LLC
  • Southern Heritage Bank
  • Rapides Parish School Board
  • Sundrop Fuels
  • Modern Woodmen Fraternal
    Financial
  • H & H Furniture & Appliances
  • Westaff
  • Sperion Staffing and Recrui
  • Upper Iowa University
  • Christophe Counseling &
    Associates
  • Joe's Cleaning Service LLC
  • Hexion Inc.
  • Central Louisiana Surgical
    Hospital LLC
  • Compass Behavioral Center of
    Alexandria
  • Solscapes LLC
  • Front Porch dba England Oaks
  • Cenla Broadcasting Inc.
  • Gold Weems Bruser Sues &
    Rundell
  • Stella - Jones
  • Sutherland Global Services
  • Faith Nursery LLC
  • Humble Home Academy
  • Gail's Glitzy Garb
  • St. Mary's RTS
  • Justiss Oil Company
  • The GEO Group Inc.
  • Montgomery Animal Hospital
  • CenturyLink
  • Lloyd N. Moreau LLC
  • Protemp Staffing Solutions
    Inc.
  • Alliance Compressors
  • KLAX TV
  • Sayes Office Supply
  • Procter & Gamble Co. -
    Alexandria Plant
  • Boise Cascade
  • Spectrum Stores Inc. DBA DC's
    Suits & More
  • Sentry Drugs of Louisiana Inc.
  • UTLX
  • Martco Limited Partnership -
    Plywood
  • Johnson Siebeneicher & Ingram
    Attorneys at Law
  • Wildwood Pizza
  • Caplan's
  • Rapides Parish
  • ROMEX
  • Rapides Nursing
    Services/Legacy Health &
    Wellness
  • City of Pineville LA
  • Perforex Forest Services
  • Rapides Nursing Services DBA
    Legacy Health & Wellness
  • RoyOMartin OSB
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  • Turner & Turner Contracting
    LLC
  • Louisiana Occupational Health
    Services LLC
  • Popeye's
  • Taco Bueno
  • Bayou Rapides Corporation
  • Outlaw BBQ
  • Terra Home
  • Sylvan Learning Center
  • LA Companion Care LLC
  • COPE Inc.
  • Loewer Powersports & Equipment
  • Myron K. Lawson
  • Dis-Tran Packaged Substations
    LLC
  • Dis-Tran Wood Products LLC
  • Crest Natural Resources LLC
  • Dis-Tran Steel Inc.
  • Beta Engineering LLC
  • Mid-State Supply
  • The Cottonport Bank
  • Eclectic Products
  • Integrated Packaging Company
  • Cleco Corp
  • First Federal Bank of
    Louisiana
  • Central Louisiana Technical
    Community College
  • Louisiana State University of
    Alexandria
  • Rapides Business & Career
    Solutions Center
  • Dousay Custom Homes Inc.
  • Riviere de Soleil Community
    Care Center/CommCare
    Corporation
  • Avoyelles Parish School Board
  • Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's
    Office
  • Valley View Health Care
    Facility
  • Diamond B Construction
  • Kyle's Collision Center
  • Provision Rehabilitation
  • UBD Financial
  • Million Air
  • Christus St. Francis Cabrini
    Hospital
  • We Care Home Care Inc.
  • Daenen Henderson & Company
    CPAs
  • AFCO Industries Inc.
  • Crest Industries Inc.
  • Gilchrist Construction Co.
  • The Rapides Foundation
  • The Orchard Foundation
  • Rapides Furniture
  • Brown & Brown of Louisiana LLC
  • Ratcliff Construction Company
    LLC
  • Advantage Staffing
  • Crowell and Owens LLC
  • Central Louisiana Economic
    Development Alliance
  • Baker Manufacturing
  • Central Louisiana Chamber of
    Commerce
  • Remedy Intelligent Staffing
  • Alexandria Eye & Laser Center
  • RoyOMartin
  • Re-Entry Solutions
  • Tioga Community Care
    Center/CommCare Corporation
  • Natchitoches Community Care
    Center/CommCare Corporation
  • Bayou Vista Community Care
    Center/CommCare Corporation
  • Oak Haven Community Care
    Center/CommCare Corporation
  • Bunkie General Hospital
  • St. Romain Oil/Y Not Stop
  • Hayes Manufacturing Company

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