Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Rapides Parish is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Jun 30, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Jul 2014
Maintained 1: Mar 2017
Maintained 2: Aug 2019
Maintained 3: Nov 2020
Maintained 4: May 2024
Maintained 5: Feb 2025
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Rapides 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
Economic Regions Including 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 | 14676 | 3086 | 6273 | 3401 | 1916 | 551 |
College | 248 | 55 | 128 | 59 | 6 | 73 | |
Current | Private | 1426 | 341 | 717 | 293 | 75 | 364 |
Public | 1179 | 353 | 599 | 189 | 38 | 183 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 83 | 29 | 38 | 15 | + | 10 |
Unemployed | 4545 | 1347 | 2203 | 762 | 233 | 813 | |
Recent Veteran | 42 | + | 11 | 6 | 0 | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 22178 | 5215 | 9969 | 4725 | 2269 | 1997 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
||||||
Emerging | High School | 14676 | 3086 | 6273 | 3401 | 1916 | 551 |
College | 248 | 55 | 128 | 59 | 6 | 73 | |
Current | Private | 1426 | 341 | 717 | 293 | 75 | 364 |
Public | 1179 | 353 | 599 | 189 | 38 | 183 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 83 | 29 | 38 | 15 | + | 10 |
Unemployed | 4545 | 1347 | 2203 | 762 | 233 | 813 | |
Recent Veteran | 42 | + | 11 | 6 | 0 | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 22178 | 5215 | 9969 | 4725 | 2269 | 1997 |
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 Jun 30, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 1446 | 15548 |
✓
Current |
273 | 3152 |
✓ Transitioning | 1582 | 5475 |
Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
Workforce | Total |
---|---|
Employers Supporting | 128 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 557 | 161 | 12 | 3 |
Bronze | 1400 | 103 | 12 | |
Silver | 1069 | 108 | ||
Gold | 632 |
Employers in Rapides Parish recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
AFCO Industries Inc.
- Gilchrist Construction Co.
- Bayou Vista Community Care
Center/CommCare Corporation - Procter & Gamble Co. - Alexandria Plant
Central Louisiana Economic Development
Alliance- Central Louisiana Technical Community
College - First Federal Bank of Louisiana
- Beta Engineering LLC
- Crest Natural Resources LLC
- Dis-Tran Wood Products LLC
- COPE Inc.
Rapides Nursing Services/Legacy Health &
Wellness- UTLX
- Alliance Compressors
The GEO Group Inc.
- St. Mary's RTS
- Faith Nursery LLC
- Sutherland Global Services
- Solscapes LLC
Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital LLC
- Hexion Inc.
Progressive Constructive Company LLC
- The Pill Box Pharmacies
- The Diamond Grill Restaurant
- Plastipak Packaging Inc.
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