Richland Parish, Louisiana
Richland Parish is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to May 31, 2026
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Jan 2021
Maintained 1: Oct 2024
Maintained 2: May 2026
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Richland 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 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Economic Regions Including Richland Parish
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
|
| Emerging | High School | 1311 | 514 | 655 | 100 | 42 | 0 |
| College | 30 | 9 | 12 | 5 | + | 0 | |
| Current | Private | 44 | 14 | 24 | + | + | + |
| Public | 47 | 21 | 16 | 7 | + | 0 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | + | 0 | + | 0 |
| Unemployed | 242 | 96 | 112 | 28 | 6 | 0 | |
| Recent Veteran | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1678 | 655 | 822 | 144 | 58 | + | |
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
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| Emerging | High School | 1311 | 514 | 655 | 100 | 42 | 0 |
| College | 30 | 9 | 12 | 5 | + | 0 | |
| Current | Private | 44 | 14 | 24 | + | + | + |
| Public | 47 | 21 | 16 | 7 | + | 0 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | + | 0 | + | 0 |
| Unemployed | 242 | 96 | 112 | 28 | 6 | 0 | |
| Recent Veteran | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1678 | 655 | 822 | 144 | 58 | + | |
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 May 31, 2026
| Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ Emerging | 267 | 1341 |
|
✓
Current |
42 | 92 |
| ✓ Transitioning | 101 | 246 |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
| Workforce | Total |
|---|---|
| Employers Supporting | 58 |
Improved ACT NCRC
| To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Earned | 159 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Bronze | 289 | 8 | 0 | |
| Silver | 23 | 1 | ||
| Gold | 11 | |||
Employers in Richland Parish recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Holly Ridge Rice & Grain Terminal
- Cochran Clark Robinson & Thomason Inc.
Jim Taylor Chevrolet-Buick
Pinnacle/Sanders
- Richland Parish Schools
Richland Parish Police Jury
SaniCan LLC
Cross Keys Bank
- Guaranty Bank & Trust Co. of Delhi LA
- Richland Parish Sheriff's Office
- Town of Mangham
- LambWeston
- Laura Wood Agency LLC
- Holly Ridge Rice
- 5L Land Development
- Francis Thompson House of
Representatives District 19 - Jackson and Company
- Mo Duck Inc.
- Simplot Grower Solutions
- Bubba's Richland Farm Supply
- RLF Management LLC
- Randall Shane Starks Insurance Company
- Greer Cemetery Inc.
- Law Office of Fred Scott Franklin Jr.
- Franklin & Johnson
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