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ACT Impact and Giving Report Highlights Pathways to Student Success December 02, 2025

ACT empowers learners by removing barriers and creating pathways to success through programs like fee waivers, scholarships, and grants. In FY2025, we supported 477K students, 210K fee waivers, 27 scholarships, and 54 grants nationwide. Learn more in the 2025 Impact Report.

SS Magazine Publishes Location Profiles with NCRC Trends November 21, 2025

Site Selection Magazine's November edition includes a dozen location spotlights that include WorkKeys NCRC growth trends to demonstrate workforce quality. Features include Kansas, the Dakotas, Virginia, Nebraska, New York, Mississippi, Washington, and Wyoming.

The Show Me State Excels in Work Ready Communities October 30, 2024

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.

County effort to be a Work Ready Community June 14, 2017

The Missouri Job Center will be giving the ACT WorkKeys test in Buffalo, at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 22, in Room 304 in the Shewmaker building at Buffalo High School, 500 W. Main.  

People who are currently employed, looking for employment or are a student are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to obtain a free, national credential that can increase their competitiveness in obtaining a job.