The Mountain Home Area Chamber of Commerce and the Mountain Home Public School District are working together to help make Baxter County the first in north central Arkansas to become an ACT Work Ready Community. According to their website, ACT Work Ready Communities provide the tools and resources necessary to remove barriers to employment, drive economic prosperity, and create life-changing opportunities.
The program begins in the schools with the ACT WorkKeys, a career based assessment test by ACT. Mountain Home School District Testing Coordinator Becca Camp says WorkKeys is the ACT’s career aptitude side of assessment.
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Camp says it’s a great program to help our community prosper.
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Chamber President/CEO Dani Pugsley says for employers, it’s a great advantage.
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Pugsley says they need a few more businesses to register to become part of the ACT Work Ready Community.
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We have a link with this story on ktlo.com to see which area employers are already taking part in the program.
BAXTER COUNTY EMPLOYERS IN ACT WORK READY COMMUNITY
At this time, Baxter County is 83% of the way completed in becoming an ACT Work Ready Community. The only other county in north central Arkansas working towards certification is Newton County. They are at 89%. All of the counties across south central Missouri have already reached certification.
ARKANSAS ACT WORK READY COMMUNITY
There will be a workforce development summit in Mountain Home Oct. 18 to learn more about the initiative. The event will be held in the Trout Room at The Sheid on the campus of ASU-Mountain Home from 8-noon.
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