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Rapides Parish, Louisiana

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

Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Apr 30, 2026

Goals updated only for participating counties

22087 St. Bernard 0.38 0.58 us-la-087 SB 22105 Tangipahoa 0.49 0.50 us-la-105 TA 22051 Jefferson 0.63 0.50 us-la-051 JE 22013 Bienville 0.60 0.59 us-la-013 BI 22069 Natchitoches 0.41 0.58 us-la-069 NA 22047 Iberville 0.63 0.61 us-la-047 IB 22077 Pointe Coupee 0.56 0.74 us-la-077 PC 22109 Terrebonne 0.51 0.45 us-la-109 TE 22115 Vernon 0.56 0.50 us-la-115 VE 22079 Rapides 0.55 0.55 us-la-079 RA 22019 Calcasieu 0.49 0.59 us-la-019 CA 22023 Cameron 0.58 0.32 us-la-023 CA 22007 Assumption 0.57 0.37 us-la-007 AS 22057 Lafourche 0.61 0.38 us-la-057 LA 22035 East Carroll 0.52 0.46 us-la-035 EC 22083 Richland 0.41 0.48 us-la-083 RI 22103 St. Tammany 0.39 0.41 us-la-103 ST 22121 West Baton Rouge 0.50 0.67 us-la-121 WB 22125 West Feliciana 0.65 0.46 us-la-125 WF 22003 Allen 0.64 0.49 us-la-003 AL 22089 St. Charles 0.50 0.54 us-la-089 SC 22061 Lincoln 0.50 0.50 us-la-061 LI 22073 Ouachita 0.52 0.60 us-la-073 OU 22101 St. Mary 0.51 0.31 us-la-101 SM 22037 East Feliciana 0.62 0.42 us-la-037 EF 22095 St. John the Baptist 0.42 0.47 us-la-095 SJ 22113 Vermilion 0.51 0.54 us-la-113 VE 22075 Plaquemines 0.25 0.33 us-la-075 PL 22045 Iberia 0.35 0.24 us-la-045 IB 22033 East Baton Rouge 0.42 0.46 us-la-033 EB 22029 Concordia 0.41 0.51 us-la-029 CO 22017 Caddo 0.27 0.55 us-la-017 CA 22081 Red River 0.56 0.38 us-la-081 RR 22015 Bossier 0.45 0.36 us-la-015 BO 22031 De Soto 0.45 0.63 us-la-031 DS 22065 Madison 0.42 0.42 us-la-065 MA 22107 Tensas 0.42 0.48 us-la-107 TE 22021 Caldwell 0.50 0.50 us-la-021 CA 22049 Jackson 0.41 0.50 us-la-049 JA 22039 Evangeline 0.53 0.51 us-la-039 EV 22071 Orleans 0.39 0.47 us-la-071 OR 22099 St. Martin 0.25 0.34 us-la-099 SM 22059 LaSalle 0.50 0.37 us-la-059 LA 22009 Avoyelles 0.39 0.50 us-la-009 AV 22053 Jefferson Davis 0.52 0.45 us-la-053 JD 22011 Beauregard 0.50 0.51 us-la-011 BE 22055 Lafayette 0.60 0.43 us-la-055 LA 22027 Claiborne 0.50 0.50 us-la-027 CL 22025 Catahoula 0.39 0.29 us-la-025 CA 22117 Washington 0.50 0.51 us-la-117 WA 22067 Morehouse 0.36 0.34 us-la-067 MO 22091 St. Helena 0.62 0.50 us-la-091 SH 22041 Franklin 0.46 0.58 us-la-041 FR 22123 West Carroll 0.47 0.48 us-la-123 WC 22093 St. James 0.49 0.49 us-la-093 SJ 22005 Ascension 0.31 0.49 us-la-005 AS 22063 Livingston 0.47 0.41 us-la-063 LI 22111 Union 0.50 0.50 us-la-111 UN 22127 Winn 0.55 0.40 us-la-127 WI 22043 Grant 0.53 0.50 us-la-043 GR 22119 Webster 0.57 0.66 us-la-119 WE 22085 Sabine 0.50 0.39 us-la-085 SA 22001 Acadia 0.41 0.50 us-la-001 AC 22097 St. Landry 0.65 0.41 us-la-097 SL

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

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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 15681 3296 6576 3684 2125 551
College 249 56 128 59 6 73
Current Private 1480 365 735 300 80 364
Public 1223 369 619 195 40 183
Transitioning Adult Education 101 34 47 19 + 10
Unemployed 4788 1419 2282 826 261 813
Recent Veteran 42 + 11 6 0 +
Workforce category not identified 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 23543 5547 10409 5095 2513 2000
Workforce Total
NCRC
Emerging High School 15681 3296 6576 3684 2125 551
College 249 56 128 59 6 73
Current Private 1480 365 735 300 80 364
Public 1223 369 619 195 40 183
Transitioning Adult Education 101 34 47 19 + 10
Unemployed 4788 1419 2282 826 261 813
Recent Veteran 42 + 11 6 0 +
Workforce category not identified 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 23543 5547 10409 5095 2513 2000

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, 2026

Workforce Goals Actual NCRC
✓ Emerging 1446 16554
✓ Current
 273 3250
✓ Transitioning 1582 5736
Workforce category not identified 0 0
Workforce Total
Employers Supporting 128

Improved ACT NCRC

To/From Bronze Silver Gold Platinum
Not Earned 604 180 14 3
Bronze 1506 128 14
Silver 1214 123
Gold 701
 
 
 

Employers in Rapides Parish recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC

  • Crest Industries Inc.
  • Gilchrist Construction Co.
  • gold star icon St. Romain Oil/Y Not Stop
  • Oak Haven Community Care Center/CommCare
    Corporation
  • Remedy Intelligent Staffing
  • Advantage Staffing
  • gold star icon Valley View Health Care Facility
  • gold star icon Avoyelles Parish School Board
  • Loewer Powersports & Equipment
  • Terra Home
  • Outlaw BBQ
  • Bayou Rapides Corporation
  • Louisiana Occupational Health Services
    LLC
  • gold star icon Perforex Forest Services
  • Rapides Parish
  • Protemp Staffing Solutions Inc.
  • Stella - Jones
  • Hexion Inc.
  • gold star icon Westaff
  • H & H Furniture & Appliances
  • Sundrop Fuels
  • Southern Heritage Bank
  • Wallace Eye Associates
  • E E Consultants Inc.
  • Storer Equipment Company Ltd dba Storer
    Services

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