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Copiah, Mississippi
Copiah County 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: Mar 2018
Maintained 1: Oct 2019
Maintained 2: Jan 2022
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Copiah 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 Copiah
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 | 687 | 291 | 232 | 131 | 33 | 0 |
College | 164 | 39 | 96 | 25 | + | + | |
Current | Private | 247 | 74 | 111 | 48 | 14 | 0 |
Public | 246 | 100 | 116 | 26 | + | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 67 | 39 | 22 | 5 | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 616 | 276 | 254 | 69 | 17 | 0 | |
Recent Veteran | 6 | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2032 | 820 | 834 | 305 | 73 | + |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 687 | 291 | 232 | 131 | 33 | 0 |
College | 164 | 39 | 96 | 25 | + | + | |
Current | Private | 247 | 74 | 111 | 48 | 14 | 0 |
Public | 246 | 100 | 116 | 26 | + | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 67 | 39 | 22 | 5 | + | 0 |
Unemployed | 616 | 276 | 254 | 69 | 17 | 0 | |
Recent Veteran | 6 | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2032 | 820 | 834 | 305 | 73 | + |
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 | 395 | 852 |
✓
Current |
147 | 493 |
✓ Transitioning | 259 | 686 |
Workforce category not identified | + | 2 |
Workforce | Total |
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Employers Supporting | 89 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 54 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 66 | 5 | 0 | |
Silver | 12 | 0 | ||
Gold | 2 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Copiah County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Copiah-Lincoln Community College - Stephenie Sullivan
Contact Us
For more information on Copiah County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Copiah-Lincoln Community College
601.643.8715
Employers in Copiah County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Watkins Ward and Stafford PLLC
- Hazlehurst High School
- D G Foods
MINACT Inc
City of Crystal Springs
Fab Tech
- Mill Town Salon & Day Spa
- Show and Wash Inc.
- J & K Interest Inc. (Starks)
- Ashleys 51 Stop
- Mill Town Mall
- Berry & Munn Pa
- The Lord's Little Helper Landscape
Company - Los Lobos Mexican Restaurant
- Hazlehurst Clinic
- Wesson Ace Hardware
- Copiah Collision Center
- Rogel Ford
- Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center of Copiah
County - Town of Wesson
- Bozeman Autocare & Tire
- Copiah Educational Foundation
- TempStaff
Dickerson & Bowen Inc.
- Mike Rozier Construction Co. Inc.
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