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The Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development (MDHEWD) was recently recognized at the ACT Workforce Summit in Atlanta, Georgia for having 13 counties maintaining or achieving their Certified Work Ready Community status in the past year.

Missouri currently leads the nation with a total of 99 Certified Work Ready Communities and 112 communities that are participating and working towards certification.

Buchanan County has received re-certification as a Missouri Certified Work Ready Community for an additional two years.

Officials with the Buchanan County Workforce Development Task Force said they recently received word of the re-certification. Work Ready is a collaborative effort among the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce, Heartland Foundation, St. Joseph School District (including Hillyard Technical Center), the Northwest Missouri Workforce Investment Board and other community organizations and business partners.

To regain the status, Janice Spearman and Laura Brewer of the Missouri Career Center tested more than 2,000 current and transitioning Buchanan County workers.