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The Texarkana Gazette reported on recent honors earned from the Texarkana Chamber as an ACT Workforce Policy Exemplar. The award recognizes organizations for efforts to strengthen workforce readiness and connect education with employment,

Congratulations to Rutherford Works and the Rutherford County, TN Chamber of the Commerce as a newly-certified Economic Development Catalyst. Contact ACT's WRC team by email wrc@act.org to learn more about Work Ready Designations for Organizations.

RoyOMartin is the first in the nation to earn the Work Ready Employer of Choice designation from ACT Work Ready Communities. Congratulations to RoyOMartin. To learn about Work Ready Designations for Organization contact the WRC crew at wrc@act.org.

Congratulations to the team at Brockport High School for earning the Work Ready School of Excellence designation from ACT Work Ready Communities. To learn more about Work Ready Organization Designations from ACT, contact the team by email to wrc@act.org.

CENLA's Work Ready Network in Central Louisiana is the first in the nation to earn the WorkKeys Work Ready Economic Development Catalyst designation from ACT Work Ready Communities. Congratulations to the Rapides Foundation, Orchard Foundation, and the CENLA Work Ready team on this distinction.

Serving the Work Ready Communities in Forsyth and Stokes Counties in North Carolina, Forsythe Technical Community College is one of five colleges across the country today announced the next phase of a groundbreaking initiative aimed at designing the future of education to better respond to the needs of an increasingly dynamic and AI-driven economy.

The Center for Workforce Development at Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES in Western New York officially earned the WorkKeys Work Ready Adult Education Accelerator designation from ACT Work Ready Communities. To learn about this program, contact wrc@act.org.

Congratulations to the team at Coastal Alabama Community College for earning the Work Ready Accelerator designation from ACT Work Ready Communities. To learn more about Work Ready Organization Designations from ACT, contact the team by email to wrc@act.org.

Columbia County was recognized during the ACT Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, as a certified ACT Work Ready Community, as featured in the Magnolia Reporter newspaper.

The Mountain Home Observer reported on recent accomplishments of Baxter County, AR as a newly-certified ACT Work Ready Community, the result of a roughly two-year effort led by the Mountain Home Area Chamber of Commerce.