Certified Counties

When a county achieves Work Ready Community status, it means they have a robust, public-private partnership driven approach to link education to workforce development, align to economic development and match people to jobs. Once a community is certified, that is just the beginning. Their next step is to build upon this foundation and further strengthen their workforce development efforts through the Maintaining ACT Work Ready Community efforts.

County State Certified Date
Jackson County Mississippi July 22, 2019
Mecklenburg County Virginia July 26, 2019
Randolph County Arkansas August 9, 2019
Geary County Kansas August 15, 2019
Gates County North Carolina August 19, 2019
Harrison County Indiana August 21, 2019
Amite County Mississippi September 16, 2019
Jefferson County Mississippi September 23, 2019
Morgan County Alabama September 26, 2019
Jones County Mississippi October 8, 2019
Sharkey County Mississippi October 11, 2019
Brunswick County Virginia October 22, 2019
Ascension Parish Louisiana October 25, 2019
Leake County Mississippi November 12, 2019
Dickenson County Virginia November 29, 2019
New Madrid County Missouri December 6, 2019
Wayne County Missouri December 6, 2019
Charlotte County Virginia December 9, 2019
Hancock County Tennessee December 10, 2019
Tyrrell County North Carolina December 11, 2019
Jackson County Missouri December 12, 2019
Menard County Texas December 18, 2019
Cherokee County Iowa January 2, 2020
Greene County Alabama January 7, 2020
Lee County Arkansas January 13, 2020
Ashley County Arkansas February 6, 2020
Andrew County Missouri February 6, 2020
Nottoway County Virginia February 10, 2020
Tunica County Mississippi February 19, 2020
Jefferson Davis County Mississippi March 20, 2020
Cross County Arkansas April 7, 2020
Harrison County Mississippi May 1, 2020
Forrest County Mississippi May 8, 2020
Covington County Mississippi July 31, 2020
Smith County Mississippi September 1, 2020
Arkansas County Arkansas September 11, 2020
Catawba County North Carolina September 28, 2020
Columbus County North Carolina September 28, 2020
Wilkinson County Mississippi November 11, 2020
Richland Parish Louisiana January 7, 2021
Jackson Parish Louisiana January 15, 2021
Buckingham County Virginia January 29, 2021
Tillamook County Oregon February 11, 2021
Umatilla County Oregon February 11, 2021
Laclede County Missouri February 25, 2021
Quitman County Mississippi March 1, 2021
Morgan County Missouri April 20, 2021
Howard County Missouri April 30, 2021
Escambia County Alabama May 10, 2021
Grenada County Mississippi May 10, 2021
Decatur County Tennessee May 10, 2021
Chester County Tennessee May 10, 2021
Greene County Tennessee June 16, 2021
Marshall County Mississippi June 18, 2021
Henderson County North Carolina June 28, 2021
Prince Edward County Virginia July 7, 2021
Marion County Mississippi July 16, 2021
Pemiscot County Missouri August 2, 2021
Union Parish Louisiana August 16, 2021
Pottawattamie County Iowa November 9, 2021
Jefferson County Arkansas January 19, 2022
Drew County Arkansas January 26, 2022
Monroe County Mississippi February 7, 2022
Scott County Arkansas May 19, 2022
Pike County Missouri May 24, 2022
Bienville Parish Louisiana June 13, 2022
Lamar County Mississippi June 14, 2022
Grant County Arkansas June 15, 2022
Clarke County Alabama June 27, 2022
Kemper County Mississippi June 27, 2022
Morehouse Parish Louisiana November 10, 2022
Webster Parish Louisiana November 10, 2022
Claiborne Parish Louisiana December 5, 2022
Tallahatchie County Mississippi December 29, 2022
Clay County Arkansas January 10, 2023
Greensville County Virginia February 1, 2023
Bourbon County Kansas February 6, 2023
Crawford County Arkansas February 13, 2023
Franklin County Arkansas March 2, 2023
Butler County Kansas March 9, 2023
Sevier County Arkansas April 17, 2023
Converse County Wyoming May 4, 2023
Independence County Arkansas May 15, 2023
Dallas County Arkansas June 1, 2023
Rowan County North Carolina June 6, 2023
Schuyler County Missouri June 20, 2023
Shelby County Missouri June 20, 2023
Shelby County Tennessee June 30, 2023
Washington County Maryland July 10, 2023
Howard County Arkansas August 30, 2023
Tate County Mississippi December 20, 2023
Sullivan County Missouri January 17, 2024
Hempstead County Arkansas January 31, 2024
Lauderdale County Mississippi February 20, 2024
St. Charles County Missouri April 18, 2024