Lucas, Ohio
Lucas County 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: Sep 2018
Maintained 1: Aug 2022
Maintained 2: Aug 2024
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Lucas 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 2 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 1 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
10 percent of employers increase engagement - 1 points
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
|
Emerging | High School | 2928 | 1274 | 1086 | 367 | 201 |
College | 164 | 20 | 85 | 42 | 17 | |
Current | Private | 1187 | 270 | 600 | 243 | 74 |
Public | 904 | 256 | 457 | 135 | 56 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 191 | 52 | 107 | 27 | 5 |
Unemployed | 2315 | 770 | 1123 | 340 | 82 | |
Recent Veteran | 22 | + | 5 | + | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 52 | 7 | 11 | 5 | + | |
Totals | 7726 | 2652 | 3474 | 1161 | 439 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 2928 | 1274 | 1086 | 367 | 201 |
College | 164 | 20 | 85 | 42 | 17 | |
Current | Private | 1187 | 270 | 600 | 243 | 74 |
Public | 904 | 256 | 457 | 135 | 56 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | 191 | 52 | 107 | 27 | 5 |
Unemployed | 2315 | 770 | 1123 | 340 | 82 | |
Recent Veteran | 22 | + | 5 | + | + | |
Workforce category not identified | 52 | 7 | 11 | 5 | + | |
Totals | 7726 | 2652 | 3474 | 1161 | 439 |
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 | 1318 | 3092 |
✓
Current |
322 | 2091 |
Transitioning | 2707 | 2517 |
Workforce category not identified | 26 | 26 |
Workforce | Total |
---|---|
Employers Supporting | 434 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 240 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 150 | 5 | 0 | |
Silver | 14 | 2 | ||
Gold | 3 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Lucas County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Contact Us
For more information on Lucas County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Lucas County Department of Planning and Development
(419) 213-3300
Employers in Lucas County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Impact Employment Solutions
- Schindler Elevator Corporation
TASC of Northwest Ohio
- Seagate Plastics Company
Heartland of Waterville
Teledyne Turbine Engines
- Dumpster Dummies LLC
Johns Manville
- Roadway Logistic Systems Co
- Courtyard Toledo Maumee/Arrowhead
- Parker Hannifin
- Rudolph/Libbe Inc
- ESA Engineers Surveyors & Associates LLC
- Surface Combustion
- NATUREVIEW GROUP LLC
- Safeguard Security
- Style Crest Inc
- Toledo Animal Rescue
- Grounds One
- The Fair Housing Center
- Holiday Inn Express & Suites Toledo West
- Transtar Electric
- Clean Harbors
- Quikrete
- Jerusalem Healthcare Services
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