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Regional WRC champion named to state level post April 15, 2021

The Arkansas Division of Workforce Services has a new Assistant Director. Eddie Thomas previously served as Workforce Development Director at the Southeast Arkansas Planning and Development District in Pine Bluff.  Thomas is set to lead the Employment Assistance Unit, which governs statewide WIOA programming and local workforce board activities. Under Eddie's leadership, all ten southeast counties are now participating in Work Ready Communities.

Cleveland County Gains Work Ready Status from ACT March 29, 2019

Cleveland County is set to become the second county in Southeast Arkansas to become an ACT Work Ready Community, Craig Dupuy, superintendent of the Cleveland County School District announced this week.

Becoming an ACT Work Ready Community works in two ways, Dupuy said: first, it gives businesses/employers an idea of what skill sets potential workers have in a particular area; and second, it allows students/workers an opportunity to earn an ACT National Work Ready Certificate (NWRC) that is recognized by more than 10,000 employers nationwide.