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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.

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 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.

The Greater Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Department has been awarded a $2,640.00 grant thru the Certified Work Ready Communities (CWRC) Program. The grant award will reimburse the testing administration costs for up to 80 seniors from Clinton Technical School. The Workkeys tests included the following core areas: Applied Math, Graphic Literacy, and Workplace documents. This is a key component for the Recertification efforts for the Henry County Certified Work Ready Community (CWRC). Henry County was originally awarded the CWRC designation in July, 2014.