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
Phelps County Missouri May 12, 2017
Pettis County Missouri January 15, 2015
Perry County Missouri May 19, 2016
Perquimans County North Carolina April 5, 2018
Pemiscot County Missouri August 2, 2021
Patrick County Virginia March 25, 2019
Panola County Mississippi March 18, 2019
Pamlico County North Carolina August 26, 2015
Ozark County Missouri August 25, 2018
Ouachita Parish Louisiana May 29, 2019
Ottawa County Oklahoma June 13, 2016
Osage County Missouri May 18, 2018
Oregon County Missouri January 18, 2019
Orangeburg County South Carolina September 29, 2015
Onslow County North Carolina April 19, 2016
Oktibbeha County Mississippi November 2, 2018
Oconee County South Carolina June 7, 2015
Obion County Tennessee September 19, 2015
Nottoway County Virginia February 10, 2020
Northampton County North Carolina April 5, 2017
Nodaway County Missouri September 6, 2016
Newton County Missouri July 10, 2015
Newberry County South Carolina December 18, 2014
New Madrid County Missouri December 6, 2019
Natchitoches Parish Louisiana December 18, 2016
Nash County North Carolina October 1, 2018
Multnomah County Oregon February 16, 2018
Morgan County Alabama September 26, 2019
Morgan County Missouri April 20, 2021
Morehouse Parish Louisiana November 10, 2022
Montgomery County Missouri August 15, 2018
Monroe County Alabama November 1, 2018
Monroe County Missouri January 11, 2019
Monroe County Mississippi February 7, 2022
Moniteau County Missouri April 9, 2018
Mobile County Alabama March 27, 2017
Mississippi County Arkansas May 12, 2017
Mississippi County Missouri July 8, 2019
Mesa County Colorado February 20, 2017
Menard County Texas December 18, 2019
Mecklenburg County Virginia July 26, 2019
McDowell County North Carolina December 13, 2015
McDonald County Missouri May 19, 2016
McCormick County South Carolina May 19, 2014
Martinsville City Virginia March 7, 2017
Martin County North Carolina November 26, 2018
Marshall County Mississippi June 18, 2021
Marlboro County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Marion County South Carolina April 22, 2015
Marion County Oregon January 18, 2016
Marion County Missouri April 8, 2019
Marion County Mississippi July 16, 2021
Maries County Missouri January 13, 2016
Marengo County Alabama February 1, 2019
Madison County Missouri January 13, 2016
Madison County Mississippi January 8, 2019
Lunenburg County Virginia April 29, 2019
Lucas County Ohio September 18, 2018
Lowndes County Mississippi November 2, 2018
Lorain County Ohio August 20, 2018
Livingston County Missouri October 19, 2015
Linn County Missouri January 15, 2015
Lincoln County North Carolina September 1, 2016
Lincoln County Mississippi January 4, 2017
Lincoln County Missouri March 7, 2018
Lincoln County Arkansas January 9, 2019
Lexington County South Carolina April 21, 2015
Lewis County Missouri May 13, 2019
Lenoir County North Carolina April 22, 2015
Leflore County Mississippi December 14, 2017
Lee County South Carolina April 22, 2015
Lee County North Carolina December 14, 2016
Lee County Arkansas January 13, 2020
Leake County Mississippi November 12, 2019
Lawrence County Missouri January 13, 2016
Lawrence County Mississippi May 16, 2018
Lawrence County Arkansas September 21, 2018
Laurens County South Carolina December 18, 2014
Lauderdale County Tennessee October 19, 2015
Lauderdale County Mississippi February 20, 2024
Lane County Oregon March 16, 2015
Lancaster County South Carolina January 12, 2016
Lamar County Alabama February 1, 2019
Lamar County Mississippi June 14, 2022
Lake County Tennessee April 20, 2015
Lake County Michigan February 19, 2017
Laclede County Missouri February 25, 2021
Labette County Kansas August 29, 2016
La Salle Parish Louisiana May 25, 2016
Knox County Missouri May 15, 2018
Kershaw County South Carolina September 29, 2015
Kent County Michigan August 21, 2016
Kemper County Mississippi June 27, 2022
Josephine County Oregon January 18, 2016
Jones County North Carolina August 26, 2015
Jones County Mississippi October 8, 2019
Johnston County North Carolina September 13, 2017
Jefferson Davis County Mississippi March 20, 2020
Jefferson County Oregon July 14, 2016
Jefferson County Missouri July 10, 2014