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Ohio County Economic Development Alliance executive director Chase Vincent unveiled the certificate and sign classifying Ohio County as a Work Ready In Progress county. Pictured L-to-R: Magistrates Kenny Autry and Jason Bullock, Vincent and OCEDA board members CeCe Robinson and Debbie Boehmann.[/caption]
During the Nov. 25 meeting of the Ohio County Fiscal Court, the Executive Director of the Ohio County Economic Development Authority (OCEDA), Chase Vincent, came before the court to present a certificate and signs the county received for being classified as a Kentucky Work Ready Community In Progress.
Ohio Co. was classified as Work Ready In Progress last Monday. The county has been working toward becoming a Work Ready Community for over a year and since Vincent has become OCEDA Executive Director, he has helped with the process.
Vincent received the certification in Louisville from the Chairman of the Kentucky Workforce Investment Board, Ed Holmes, the Secretary of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Thomas O. Zawacki and the Director of the Work Ready Review panel, Robert Curry.
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![Wayne Neal with the Ohio County Industrial Foundation presents Chase Vincent, executive director of the Ohio County Economic Development Alliance, with a check for $1,000 to go toward the ACT WorkKeys testing offered by the Ohio County Career Center.]()
Wayne Neal with the Ohio County Industrial Foundation presents Chase Vincent, executive director of the Ohio County Economic Development Alliance, with a check for $1,000 to go toward the ACT WorkKeys testing offered by the Ohio County Career Center.[/caption]
Ohio Co. has to reach several benchmarks over the next three to five years to become a certified Work Ready Community. Those benchmarks include, raising the high school graduation rate to 90 percent, increasing the working age population with at least a two-year degree, increasing the working age population who are certified nationally as career ready and increase the availability of the county’s broadband capability.
Along with the certificate, Vincent was also given four road signs to be placed around the county, to show potential businesses Ohio Co. is classified as a Work Ready Community In Progress.
After Vincent presented the signs to the fiscal court, Wayne Neal, a representative of the Ohio Co. Industrial Foundation, presented Vincent with a check, from the Industrial Foundation and the Green River Regional Industrial Development Authority (GRRIDA), for $1,000. The money will go to the cost of the ACT WorkKeys test the county will offer for free at the Ohio County Career Center.
As part of the requirements to become a Work Ready Community, a certain percentage of the county's working age population must have taken the WorkKeys test. Earlier this year, the county agreed to set aside money to pay for the test, allowing citizens to take it for free.
Ohio County Economic Development Alliance executive director Chase Vincent unveiled the certificate and sign classifying Ohio County as a Work Ready In Progress county. Pictured L-to-R: Magistrates Kenny Autry and Jason Bullock, Vincent and OCEDA board members CeCe Robinson and Debbie Boehmann.[/caption]
During the Nov. 25 meeting of the Ohio County Fiscal Court, the Executive Director of the Ohio County Economic Development Authority (OCEDA), Chase Vincent, came before the court to present a certificate and signs the county received for being classified as a Kentucky Work Ready Community In Progress.
Ohio Co. was classified as Work Ready In Progress last Monday. The county has been working toward becoming a Work Ready Community for over a year and since Vincent has become OCEDA Executive Director, he has helped with the process.
Vincent received the certification in Louisville from the Chairman of the Kentucky Workforce Investment Board, Ed Holmes, the Secretary of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, Thomas O. Zawacki and the Director of the Work Ready Review panel, Robert Curry.
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Wayne Neal with the Ohio County Industrial Foundation presents Chase Vincent, executive director of the Ohio County Economic Development Alliance, with a check for $1,000 to go toward the ACT WorkKeys testing offered by the Ohio County Career Center.[/caption]
Ohio Co. has to reach several benchmarks over the next three to five years to become a certified Work Ready Community. Those benchmarks include, raising the high school graduation rate to 90 percent, increasing the working age population with at least a two-year degree, increasing the working age population who are certified nationally as career ready and increase the availability of the county’s broadband capability.
Along with the certificate, Vincent was also given four road signs to be placed around the county, to show potential businesses Ohio Co. is classified as a Work Ready Community In Progress.
After Vincent presented the signs to the fiscal court, Wayne Neal, a representative of the Ohio Co. Industrial Foundation, presented Vincent with a check, from the Industrial Foundation and the Green River Regional Industrial Development Authority (GRRIDA), for $1,000. The money will go to the cost of the ACT WorkKeys test the county will offer for free at the Ohio County Career Center.
As part of the requirements to become a Work Ready Community, a certain percentage of the county's working age population must have taken the WorkKeys test. Earlier this year, the county agreed to set aside money to pay for the test, allowing citizens to take it for free.