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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.

Three rock star champions from Work Ready Communities share the value of the ACT Summit in this video posted to LinkedIn. Make plans to join us in Nashville next July.

Eau Claire County continues to lead the way in workforce development as Wisconsin's first designated ACT Work Ready Community - a milestone that reflects not just our success, but a collaborative vision for the future of our region's economy. ACT recently awarded an exemplar award to WRC champion CV Technical College.

The elite WRC certification indicates a county’s workforce quality and skills, said Lynette Livingston, CVTC provost and vice president of Academic and Student Affairs. Although Eau Claire is the first county in Wisconsin to earn the designation, 559 communities throughout the United States currently are certified.